How do I explain this election to my 1st grader?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why anyone would have framed this election to their kids in terms of nuclear codes, war, losing their friends, hate, etc. It's a election. Yes, everyone thought Hillary would win but you had to know there was a chance she wouldn't. I'm so uncomfortable with this notion that many of my friends implanted in their kids that Hillary represented good and Trump represented evil.

Because a lot of adults truly think Trump will usher in the apocalypse, so that's how they have been discussing it at home. Whereas in most of the rest of the country people think Hillary is the antichrist. It was a very polarizing election and kids being upset is just a reflection of their parents fretting openly.

And that all seems really irresponsible. Kids are too young to process that and it's needlessly scary for them.

It is but most parents suck

Many parents who discussed this with issue with their kids did so because their young kids accidentally saw Hillary's frightening ads which were airing during kid and family programs during times when kids were awake and watching TV.

Our kid cried about it a couple of times after seeing the "kids are watching" ad.

It was irresponsible of her to buy air time during kid programming for an attack and scary advertisements.

I was very angry that she did this to children.

[Anonymous]

No, we did not discuss because of Hillary's "frightening" ads. We discussed because it's important for her to start understanding how elections work, the issues, and how we make our decisions. She also heard from a friend that "not letting babies be born is murder" so people should vote Trump.

What did I say this morning? That I was sad. The people made a huge mistake. But, that under our system, that sometimes happens. I also told her why my values led me to the belief that Trump would be a terrible president; but other people thought otherwise. And, we have to change things in 4 years.

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Anonymous wrote:No, we did not discuss because of Hillary's "frightening" ads. We discussed because it's important for her to start understanding how elections work, the issues, and how we make our decisions. She also heard from a friend that "not letting babies be born is murder" so people should vote Trump.

What did I say this morning? That I was sad. The people made a huge mistake. But, that under our system, that sometimes happens. I also told her why my values led me to the belief that Trump would be a terrible president; but other people thought otherwise. And, we have to change things in 4 years.

Yeah. I hope you did a better job explaining that. The people made a huge mistake allowing her to run and win the nomination. Hillary, not Trump, made this election horrible. She really and truly is a nasty woman.

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Not PP, but that does describe the people I personally know who voted for Trump and were vocal about it. (Rural area, not-educated, racist, old school re: women). I guess given the numbers there were closet people who voted for him too. Maybe they are nice/educated, but embarrassed by their actions.

If you vote for a candidate and you are too *embarrassed* to admit it to people you know, you need to reconsider how you pick your candidates.

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Anonymous wrote:No, we did not discuss because of Hillary's "frightening" ads. We discussed because it's important for her to start understanding how elections work, the issues, and how we make our decisions. She also heard from a friend that "not letting babies be born is murder" so people should vote Trump.

What did I say this morning? That I was sad. The people made a huge mistake. But, that under our system, that sometimes happens. I also told her why my values led me to the belief that Trump would be a terrible president; but other people thought otherwise. And, we have to change things in 4 years.

Yeah. I hope you did a better job explaining that. The people made a huge mistake allowing her to run and win the nomination. Hillary, not Trump, made this election horrible. She really and truly is a nasty woman.

Get your head out of your butt.

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Anonymous wrote:No, we did not discuss because of Hillary's "frightening" ads. We discussed because it's important for her to start understanding how elections work, the issues, and how we make our decisions. She also heard from a friend that "not letting babies be born is murder" so people should vote Trump.

What did I say this morning? That I was sad. The people made a huge mistake. But, that under our system, that sometimes happens. I also told her why my values led me to the belief that Trump would be a terrible president; but other people thought otherwise. And, we have to change things in 4 years.

You are going to eff up your kid. Preserve her innocence. You can explain the election process without scaring her but you chose for her to be your sounding board. Answer her questions and don't give her more than she can handle as a 5 year old!

I told my 9 year old the bare minimum, answered her questions and let it go. She is not going to bed tonight afraid that babies are dying or families are being broken up. She understands how elections work and has plenty of time to learn about the more sensitive issues.

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Not PP, but that does describe the people I personally know who voted for Trump and were vocal about it. (Rural area, not-educated, racist, old school re: women). I guess given the numbers there were closet people who voted for him too. Maybe they are nice/educated, but embarrassed by their actions.

If you vote for a candidate and you are too *embarrassed* to admit it to people you know, you need to reconsider how you pick your candidates.

Not pp but I was raised that how you vote is nobody's business. i don't even tell people when they tell me they're voting for the same person I support. Yiu can tell a lot about people who can't accept that it's a private matter. Some assume you must be against their candidate, some just assume you can't possibly be stupid enough to vote other than the way they vote, and the rest tend to judge based on more than just politics.

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Anonymous wrote:Just tell them that a woman wanted to be president but she lied too much so she lost the election.

Yet the candidate who told 3 times as many lies as she did during the campaign won.

(No, I would not tell a six year old this but is the truth)

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Anonymous wrote:Mine said, "I feel really sad for my Hispanic friends"

Why? Are they illegal aliens? My Hispanic friends voted for Trump and their children aren't worried or sad at all.

Do you think that the people who now feel entitled to lash out (whether verbally or physically) against Muslims or Hispanics are going to ask them first, "Excuse me, are you a terrorist? Are you here legally?" After 9/11, the anti-Muslim haters were assaulting Sikhs, dark skinned Indians, and women who wore the hijab. None of those victims of assault was responsible for 9/11. The point, which you seem to be missing, is that a climate of hate is bad for people who simply look like they might fit the targeted minority group.

You've lost your mind. I'm assuming that you had one to begin with...

And you've most all sense of compassion, assuming you ever had any to begin with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why anyone would have framed this election to their kids in terms of nuclear codes, war, losing their friends, hate, etc. It's a election. Yes, everyone thought Hillary would win but you had to know there was a chance she wouldn't. I'm so uncomfortable with this notion that many of my friends implanted in their kids that Hillary represented good and Trump represented evil.

Because a lot of adults truly think Trump will usher in the apocalypse, so that's how they have been discussing it at home. Whereas in most of the rest of the country people think Hillary is the antichrist. It was a very polarizing election and kids being upset is just a reflection of their parents fretting openly.

And that all seems really irresponsible. Kids are too young to process that and it's needlessly scary for them.

It is but most parents suck

Many parents who discussed this with issue with their kids did so because their young kids accidentally saw Hillary's frightening ads which were airing during kid and family programs during times when kids were awake and watching TV.

Our kid cried about it a couple of times after seeing the "kids are watching" ad.

It was irresponsible of her to buy air time during kid programming for an attack and scary advertisements.

I was very angry that she did this to children.

You control what your kids watch, and Hillary's "scary" advertisements were only scary because they included direct quotes from your next asshole president.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand all the hand-wringing.
If you muslim/hispanic friend is here legally and does not have ties with terrorism, they will be just fine.
But yeah it may be a good idea to take off your hijab if you are in a secular country (don't tell him that).

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand all the hand-wringing.
If you muslim/hispanic friend is here legally and does not have ties with terrorism, they will be just fine.
But yeah it may be a good idea to take off your hijab if you are in a secular country (don't tell him that).

Do you feel the same way about people wearing crosses or yarmulkes?

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Anonymous wrote:Mine said, "I feel really sad for my Hispanic friends"

Why? Are they illegal aliens? My Hispanic friends voted for Trump and their children aren't worried or sad at all.

Do you think that the people who now feel entitled to lash out (whether verbally or physically) against Muslims or Hispanics are going to ask them first, "Excuse me, are you a terrorist? Are you here legally?" After 9/11, the anti-Muslim haters were assaulting Sikhs, dark skinned Indians, and women who wore the hijab. None of those victims of assault was responsible for 9/11. The point, which you seem to be missing, is that a climate of hate is bad for people who simply look like they might fit the targeted minority group.

You've lost your mind. I'm assuming that you had one to begin with...

And you've most all sense of compassion, assuming you ever had any to begin with.

^lost not most

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why anyone would have framed this election to their kids in terms of nuclear codes, war, losing their friends, hate, etc. It's a election. Yes, everyone thought Hillary would win but you had to know there was a chance she wouldn't. I'm so uncomfortable with this notion that many of my friends implanted in their kids that Hillary represented good and Trump represented evil.

Because a lot of adults truly think Trump will usher in the apocalypse, so that's how they have been discussing it at home. Whereas in most of the rest of the country people think Hillary is the antichrist. It was a very polarizing election and kids being upset is just a reflection of their parents fretting openly.

And that all seems really irresponsible. Kids are too young to process that and it's needlessly scary for them.

It is but most parents suck

Many parents who discussed this with issue with their kids did so because their young kids accidentally saw Hillary's frightening ads which were airing during kid and family programs during times when kids were awake and watching TV.

Our kid cried about it a couple of times after seeing the "kids are watching" ad.

It was irresponsible of her to buy air time during kid programming for an attack and scary advertisements.

I was very angry that she did this to children.

You control what your kids watch, and Hillary's "scary" advertisements were only scary because they included direct quotes from your next asshole president.

No.

They were scary because of the music. And the purposefully dramatic and frightening voices narrating the commercial. And the nuclear war stuff.

Lots of kids were afraid of the nuclear war stuff. This fear expressed by many children is a direct result of Hillary Clinton's irresponsible placement of the ads during shows on kids channels and kids shows.

Liberals are all about safe spaces. Shouldn't kids shows and kids channels be safe spaces far removed from the ugliness of adult news, issues and political spats?

Shame on her.

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NO, shame on you.

You're blaming Hillary for exposing the man that is now your children's president. Maybe if you had listened to your children we wouldn't be in this mess.