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Originally Posted by hotandheavy
Kids will parrot what their parents believe, and not know why they support a specific ideology. So yes, I do worry about the youth.
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Yes, but I see the same thing happening with conservative's children. My mother in law believes Obama wasn't born in America, and her 9-year old kid repeats all of the stuff passed around the anti-Obama blogs.
She is home-schooled, but not appropriately. I'm not against homeschooling, but she is learning stuff that is 100x times more politically biased than she would be in school, and lagging behind in terms of other important aspects of education.
I'm not attacking your own beliefs, and I'm not saying you wouldn't be a good teacher for your kids. I'm just saying there shouldn't be an irrational fear about what the President will tell children in school. He's not gonna try and convince
them why his ideas on healthcare are the right ones, because kids will listen to their parents anyway, 90% of the time, at least until their mid-teens, and often much later.
By the way, I do think it's great you're concerned about what your kids learn in school. Many parents are not, and you seem to care a great deal, in addition to being very involved with children (girl scouts). I really respect that.
