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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
and you believe your kids need to be protected from a speech made by the President?
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No. I was offended by what I thought his original intent was. I never planed on keeping my son out of school.
Will, my way of responding to my son being exposed to people I don't trust changes as he gets older. In the case of a political issue for a 12 year-old, we talk about it. I ask him questions, my questions help him see all sides of an issue. We do it regularly, he often comes home with one sided liberal ideas. I don't believe in forcing him to share my views or in trying to shelter him - but I do think it important that he enjoys his childhood. One problem from today, (he heard the speech, in real time), is that he understand that he cannot save the world single handedly, the world is not going to end (let you country down, etc.) if you forget to do your homework, although his mother disagrees.