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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:38 AM Original message |
Do your children ask you about politics? Do you try to influence their political views? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I try not to do so directly. |
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footinmouth (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. My sons are grown now |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. I tell mine flat out that Republicans are soulless bastards. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Really? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. To each his own. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I guess it depends how you define "progressive"- |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. You will influence them whether you are honest with yourself or not about doing so. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. yes and yes. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. All children are not kids. My son (30) and I talk politics all the time, grandchildren too |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. indirect influence |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes & yes, also. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm a single parent |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. NOPE. He never asks about my politics. |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, most definitely. She not only knows |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. My son is aware of politics (he's 10). He knows he's following a long line of yellow dogs |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. My kids pay attention |
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Neurotica (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. We talk about politics all the time -- I tell them it's important to ask questions |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. My children and grandchildren are adults, for the most part. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. My sons are both in their 20's |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. I gave my then 13YO son a copy of "Addicted to War" in 2001 he later used it to |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. We talk about politics and we teach by example. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. My Kids have asked and we do influence their views |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. Not really, but he's six. He laughs at Bush because "he's stupid and he says words wrong." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'd tell them that the ruling class are all good friends and that our opinions matter very little |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yes and yes |
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