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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is different than it used to be, at least for those of us who pay attention to what's happening right now (sociology and political science degree here, plus I protest every Saturday).

My children are in 1st and 3rd grade, I talk with them about basically everything. [b]Their father is black[/b], I assume white kids are way more sheltered about what's happening to certain communities in America right now. We talk about ICE, Trump, school shootings, really whatever is on the news I don't shelter them, though I wouldn't want them watching certain footage like people being attacked etc or footage from the shootings.

I see people here are not as radical as me. My kids are happy, and I don't talk about it all the time. [/quote]

This bolded part is interesting.  We're a black family and, based on the responses so far,  we are talking to our kids about these issues much more than other families.  Not so much because we're radical (maybe we are? 🤷🏾) but because they're topical AND our kids have questions or initiate the conversations anyway.

We try to limit discussions about school shootings, but our kids (8 and 10) have asked about the helicopter crash in the potomac, wildfires,  Elon Musk, Trump, ICE, "war" with China and a host of other current events.  The kids are having the conversations so we realized it's best to have preliminary discussions so they aren't caught off guard or being overly influenced by false information/uninformed opinions. [/quote]

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