How to get teen son to stop disrespecting the President?

[Anonymous]

You need to tell your son that he is in danger of offending strangers and those he might not want to offend IRL DCUM is not representative of what is happening in our nation right now. He needs to learn to keep his opinions to himself and shut up if he is going to succeed at school and at college.

[Anonymous]

I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to tell your son that he is in danger of offending strangers and those he might not want to offend IRL DCUM is not representative of what is happening in our nation right now. He needs to learn to keep his opinions to himself and shut up if he is going to succeed at school and at college.

The vast majority of Americans feel like OP's son he will do just fine in college and school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to tell your son that he is in danger of offending strangers and those he might not want to offend IRL DCUM is not representative of what is happening in our nation right now. He needs to learn to keep his opinions to himself and shut up if he is going to succeed at school and at college.

The vast majority of the country disapproves of the job he is doing as POTUS. We need to teach our children about audience but in most audiences around the country, criticism of Trump (stated in mature fashion) would be agreed with.

[Anonymous]

You can teach him good manners (like not insulting people to their faces over the dinner table), but you don't get to choose his thoughts and opinions for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

And i think you're intolerant and a bigot. I thought the same of Obama but didn't run around articulating it. He was president. I gave him his due. Now he's fortunately gone although I wish he would stop talking. I never want to hear his voice again. I'm not a Trump supporter but he is our president and I will show the respect that is his due.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this trolling?

It's disrespectful and very bad manners to be saying things like, 'why would anyone vote for an idiot like Trump' at Thanksgiving dinner in front of my sister and BIL who supported Trump in the election (and he knows it).

Trump is the President, I may not agree with him but he was democratically elected so it isn't any better to be disrespecting Trump then the people calling Obama a Kenyan Muslim.

DS needs to understand that for some people, Donald Trump is representing their interests, and in fact, that is a majority of our population.

Obama is not a Muslim. Trump is actually an idiot. There’s a huge difference between making up facts to insult someone versus pointing out a truth that is offensive to your oversensitive and undereducated family members.

I agree. I don't require my kids to respect Trump. I require my kids to show respect to the President regardless who holds the position. If Trump walked into a room I was in, I would stand for him the same way I stood for Obama and Bush. We also discuss that the President is a single person, that to actual make/change policy requires support from many people. Trump can do very little without the consent of Congress. If someone belives what he's doing is illegal or improper, there are means to intervene (eg filing suit in federal court to block the travel ban).

While we may not agree with the opinions of others, our government (imperfect as it may be) has checks and balances built into so there is no single point of failure and that the whims of an individual don't become policy/law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

And i think you're intolerant and a bigot. I thought the same of Obama but didn't run around articulating it. He was president. I gave him his due. Now he's fortunately gone although I wish he would stop talking. I never want to hear his voice again. I'm not a Trump supporter but he is our president and I will show the respect that is his due.

I don't think you know what these words mean.

[Anonymous]

OP ~ I was raised in a household that respected "the office". My parents taught that regardless of "who" was office, the office needed to be respected. I thought it was classy. I thought my parents were sophisticated. Guess what? when their party was voted out they became very different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

The problem is that the son is not articulating anything. No substance in the words. In order to be heard, an opinion should have more than insults. I don't think son exposed any of his view using actual arguments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

The problem is that the son is not articulating anything. No substance in the words. In order to be heard, an opinion should have more than insults. I don't think son exposed any of his view using actual arguments.

He is a traitor and is a racist/fascist. A majority of the country knows this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

And i think you're intolerant and a bigot. I thought the same of Obama but didn't run around articulating it. He was president. I gave him his due. Now he's fortunately gone although I wish he would stop talking. I never want to hear his voice again. I'm not a Trump supporter but he is our president and I will show the respect that is his due.

Give credit where the credit is due. Obama did stand up better than other presidents. And he could sing too.

[Anonymous]

So OP, how did your brother and SIL react?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 46.

Trump is the first occupant of the Oval in my lifetime who is unworthy of the office and my respect. I agree with your son and applaud his conviction and articulation of it.

The problem is that the son is not articulating anything. No substance in the words. In order to be heard, an opinion should have more than insults. I don't think son exposed any of his view using actual arguments.

He is a traitor and is a racist/fascist. A majority of the country knows this.

Again. Not an argument to have a conversation. The idea of dinner parties is having actual discussions or just having fun time. It's like saying uncle Joe is obese, aunt Suzie is stupid. What is the point?

[Anonymous]

Remind him of Michelle Obama's words.

And that one can be quite hurtful and nasty without being coarse and violent