Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Talking to kids about the election

  • How Do You Talk to Your Kids About the Election?

    Last week's viral video of poor little Abigael crying about the election caused me to reflect on what good parents my husband and I are.

    www.slate.com

  • Talking to kids about elections – without bias

    I recently spoke at the Newseum as part of a program on talking to kids about elections. Brave parents and grandparents took time out from stocking up on bottled water and batteries ahead of Superstorm Sandy's arrival to let kids vote in a mock ...

    www.delawareonline.com

  • Talking to Kids About Politics

    Election season offers many excellent teaching moments: how elections work, what democracy means, the value of leadership.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Talking to Kids About the Election

    Our kids can't vote in the election until they are 18, but my earliest memory of the election process is voting for president in a Weekly Reader poll.

    te.patch.com

  • Fishers kids talk about the election

    Health care, employment, defense and education. Do you wonder what kids think about the upcoming election? We did, too, so we headed over to Hoosier Road Elementary in Fishers, where we met with some students in Janet Lee's accelerated fourth-grade ...

    www.indystar.com

  • Dealing with Disappointment After the Elections

    Since the economy is challenging right now, making sure your family has a savings account and talking to your kids about the importance of saving is vital.

    blog.chron.com

  • Discussing the election in the classroom

    Although the speeches delivered by both presidential candidates will most likely be shown past bedtime on a school night, at some point, parents might want to consider sitting down with their kids following the election to watch the speeches together ...

    www.startribune.com

  • Can We Get our Kids to Care about the Election?

    Here are some tips about why it's important to talk to kids about the election, how to stay as unbiased as possible, and how to get them interested in the people who may be running the country for the next four years of their lives.

    www.care2.com

  • Teaching about Election Day

    Students will be talking about Sandy and Election Day. For teachers, making Wednesday upbeat and positive will be a challenge.

    www.examiner.com

  • Talking to a liberal on election eve

    When I called my loved one, so close to this critical election, I knew I did not want to discuss politics with him, because there is no agreement in our worldviews.

    www.renewamerica.com

  • Anxious About the Election? Talk to a Therapist as the Results Arrive at the ...

    The cafe has been hosting an election night viewing party since 2000, but the prospect of another four years of a George W. Bush presidency had many customers were feeling especially worn out mentally.

    forestpark.patch.com

  • (VIDEO): Preschoolers Argue Over Whether Romney or Obama Will Win Election

    "I've never talked to the kids at all about politics, the election, they don't watch a whole lot of TV, but when they do it's always one of the kids' channels … and in the car, we don't listen to the radio. They watch DVDs all the time, so I was just ...

    abcnews.go.com

  • Weekend in Review: Kirk back in action; election looms

    Talking to kids about the election. Full story. Obama vs. Romney on the issues. Full story. A final factcheck as election looms.

    www.dailyherald.com

  • Some final thoughts on election day

    My first point of guidance is to be cognizant of your child's age and just how much he can understand about political issues.

    www.gastongazette.com

  • Sheriff's Office Called to Green Valley Precinct After Principal Refuses to ...

    Sheriff's Office Called to Green Valley Precinct After Principal Refuses to Move Kids from Voting Enclosure ... Hodges thought she was talking to the gym teacher, however she was talking to the Green Valley Principal Phillip Griffin. ... Deputies from ...

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  • Sunday talk: Hope in the time of politics

    It's like yelling at your kids to be quiet. Like fighting for peace. I had to scrap the whole election talk. It's like they want me to get up here and perform magic.

    blog.al.com

  • How the Presidential Election is Just Like Grade School

    Student leaders are supposed to be role models for those they represent, but it isn't the best role models who consistently end up winning school elections. Talking to kids about empty campaign promises, as well as why and how school politics turn out ...

    coronado.patch.com

  • Western Pa. educators urge parents to teach children about politics

    Whether they talk about it at home, many children learn the basics of politics in the classroom. Glenn Gougler, a history teacher at West Mifflin Middle School, where students are participating in a mock election, said it's important parents don't shy ...

    triblive.com

  • Election Day: What we'll learn about the loser

    One thing I've found interesting amid the deluge of election-related coverage in recent weeks is this: Nearly no one is talking about what happens to the loser. Granted, a few have begun to do so recently. On Monday, CNN published a poignant column by ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Obama Wins Mock Election at Gwin Oaks Elementary School by a Landslide

    "He's seen us talking about the election and he's decided on his own who he's going to vote for," said Reid.

    lawrenceville-ga.patch.com

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