Politics and kids

United States
August 7, 2009 11:13am CST
Our kids see all this talk of politics on TV and the radio. They see and hear people saying that our President did this or lied about this. Or worse they see all these public government people getting in trouble with the law for immoral acts. How do explain or do you explain what is going on to your kids?
2 responses
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
7 Aug 09
Thankfully, my children are both younger. My daughter is 6 and my son is 2 so this really isn't something that I've had to deal with yet and not something that I really ever want to deal with at all. So once my children get older and begin asking about politics I think I am going to take the easy way out and tell them that I really don't know. It's not a lie because I'm not a politician and I really don't understand how politicians operate.
• United States
7 Aug 09
Wow, my 8 year old asks questions out the gazoo then when I do not know the answers (because much of it is confusing) she wants to go online and look it up. This was really big when they where still in school and had to do newspaper clippings with a paragraph every week.
• United States
7 Aug 09
I myself am a teen, and I think it is very important to explain what is going on in the world to your kids, as to keep them informed of what is going on. But you have to make sure they are of appropriate age obviously. But you can also filter what you tell them so the don't get hit with the sudden realization that the world isn't as picture perfect as we'd like to believe. It's all in the person. But you don't want to blindside your child when they get to the age of being able to understand. I remember from when I was a little I was always interested in that kind of stuff. You don't have to tell them all of it, you only have to tell them the stuff that you want them to know. But don't lie to them. Just keep it honest. Let them know that the world isn't perfect and it is full of not so good people.