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My first grader’s teacher is a big lib and has been really into Kamala, so my kid is, too. I let it be because his teacher is also sort of prickly (“sensitive”)and I don’t want her getting on his ass if he says anything about lib world.
So that’s not fun.
Sounds like you're in for some thorny few days. Good luck with that one!
Thanks. I sort of figure that if things suck I’ll just keep him out of school for a day or two.
We don’t listen to the news or talk about the shitty policies that both sides proposed, so for him the election is just a novel concept. He understands the concept of “American democracy” (puking emojis here etc) as presented to first graders, and likes the idea of voting. So that’s fine, whatever. Last night when I was putting him to sleep he said, “You know, the good thing about Trump winning is that he can’t win again. Sometimes a bad thing can be a good thing.” Which is exactly the sort of metacognitive, dealing with life evens skill I want him to have so fuck everyone and everything else, I think he’s OK.
I think the big thing here is eventually helping him to understand the difference between establishment electoral politics and people powered movements.