Quote:So you got hooked watching Regan at like 8? I can't get my kids to watch anything absent of a cartoon character lol

 

I was a little younger than that...  But we didn't really have that much opportunity for entertainment back in the 80's!!  It's not like I had Pokemon Go to distract me.

 

I just tried to get my 7 year old to watch the convention during dinner.  She's kinda done with the convention this week.  But we've talked about trump for the last several months.

 

I make sure she watches the news with me at least a couple times a week.  She knows who trump is.  She knows who Bernie is.  I haven't explained the Clintons to her.  I don't think I'm gonna put that on her.

 

But next week, during the Democratic Convention, I'll make sure she knows that a woman is running against trump.  She already knows that race doesn't matter.  It's important for her to know that a woman can be president.

 

No matter what the trump convention is saying, this is a good time to be alive.  RealMarty said it best, I'm not worried about terrorism.  And I'm not worried about a a race war either.

 

I'm raising my kids to love, not to fear.  And all the kids I've met because of my kid; makes me have faith that parents aren't as awful as the politicians we see on TV and the news all the time.

 

Things are actually gonna be OK.  ISIS won't kill you.  Cops are gonna get it right.  And black dudes are actually pretty cool, too.  

 

Teach your children well.  Ya know?   By the way, the fear of government is real.  The struggle is real as well.  But I'd prefer to elect a politician that speaks to the hope of government that the fear that government is evil.  That's just me.  

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