Talking to your kids re: US of A

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t talk about politics to them, I just listen to my kids clowning Trump and every kid at school who supports him

Not a mature or helpful response

And yet, significantly more mature and helpful than the Trump administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t talk about politics to them, I just listen to my kids clowning Trump and every kid at school who supports him

Love your kids good job raising intelligent humans!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t talk about politics to them, I just listen to my kids clowning Trump and every kid at school who supports him

Not a mature or helpful response

And yet, significantly more mature and helpful than the Trump administration.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They know how much I love America. I am super jingoistic with a big flag up and I sing all the patriotic songs and love Fourth of July and am a total American history buff. J love all the things that make America great — freedom of speech, the separation of church and state, public education, the national park system, civil rights, the melting pot of immigrants who have come here, labor unions, voting riots, due process, the incredible history of scientific discovery and our federal government support for that. Yay America! We talk about all that regularly and they are very clear on all the wonderful things about America, and the fact that some people ate trying to undermine all that.
This land is your land, this land is my land…this land was made for you and me!

Sounds like you are very patriotic, but not jingoistic. Jingoism suggests a military aggressiveness which you do not appear to be endorsing.

[Anonymous]

We don't live and breathe anxious existential politics. We do talk about hypocrites (left and right) and social justice virtue signaling and why people behave in such ways and what that means about the human mindset. But we also talk about respecting different political views and that there has always been a spectrum of politics in American history. And we talk a lot about the history of the US. All in all, you could say in this house we are politically skeptical, not believers. And confident in this country.

[Anonymous]

We don’t allow our children to be exposed to so-called “news” originating from flyover country, nor the Deep South, because it is all fake news.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t allow our children to be exposed to so-called “news” originating from flyover country, nor the Deep South, because it is all fake news.

You must not have children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t allow our children to be exposed to so-called “news” originating from flyover country, nor the Deep South, because it is all fake news.

You must not have children.

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And kids who go to school and participate in other activities and are around others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t allow our children to be exposed to so-called “news” originating from flyover country, nor the Deep South, because it is all fake news.

Rearing kids in a bubble is such a great way to prepare them for life and adulthood.

[Anonymous]

My kids are well aware of the history of this country, and the war crimes that continue to be continued by whatever administration is in power.

[Anonymous]

As a Canadian, we talk about the US threatening us economically and the US's threats of annexation. These issues are also discussed at school, as they have been worked into the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

It's a super interesting time to talk about separation of powers, and how our founders approached these things. Why we have militias. Why we have the 2nd amendment.

We also talk about whether it's right for the US to try to influence actions in other places, especially when human rights are in focus. Is it our right to take our values and impose them elsewhere? A moral imperative?

We also talk about whether it's right/fair to apply today's standards and values to historical figures (this one seems to come up whenever they notice a rec center getting renamed in Virginia).

I think it's important to discuss these things! My husband and I often have opposing views, but really try to let our children lead the discussion (they are 15, 13, and 10).

[Anonymous]

Tell them some senile old guy let in millions of illegals. And thank God the current HMFIC has the guts to try to rectify the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They know how much I love America. I am super jingoistic with a big flag up and I sing all the patriotic songs and love Fourth of July and am a total American history buff. J love all the things that make America great — freedom of speech, the separation of church and state, public education, the national park system, civil rights, the melting pot of immigrants who have come here, labor unions, voting riots, due process, the incredible history of scientific discovery and our federal government support for that. Yay America! We talk about all that regularly and they are very clear on all the wonderful things about America, and the fact that some people ate trying to undermine all that.
This land is your land, this land is my land…this land was made for you and me!

My daughter is 19 years old, and was 8 when Trump was first elected. Her entire experience with politics, and the united States in general, has not been terribly positive. I feel somewhat the same way you do, but I have a very difficult time convincing her that the US is a force for good in the world. She understands, intellectually, that it has been in the past, but now? And realistically, if my worldview was shaped by 2015-2026, would you believe that it is? And because of this, she has a much easier time identifying and point out the flaws in the US's past, that were either ignored or downplayed when I was in school. And you know what? She's right. Unthinkingly repeating "Yay America!" is simple-minded, and counterproductive.

In short, I think the era of people feeling like the PP is, if not over, coming to an end.