What do you do to get your kids engaged in the upcoming presidential election?

It's an exciting time in our country. More participation than ever in the primaries and more civic engagement than I've seen in a long time. It's a perfect time to get your kids involved in civic engagement. What do you do at your house? Do you discuss the candidates and the issues? Do you watch the debates together with your kids?

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this is not no_uniforms, this is her sister i am getting new e-mail so i am unable to get my own account at the moment. anyway, i have 6 children 4 are girls and 2 are boys. they are 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 16. (twins) i have a big white board and every week i ask each child who they would vote for, then i make a mark on the white board. so far there are 4 for McCain, 1 for obama and 1 for Hillary.

Actually, healthy11, I think that watching the double-speak and negative jabs with your soon-to-be 18-year-old and discussing the behavior is an excellent educational opportunity to discuss politics and what it should be, and how to see beyong what the candidates are saying.

I can't stand political double-speak and negative jabs that politicians take at each other in their debates and advertisements. If you can figure out what each candidate really "stands for" and how they intend to improve our economy, can you please let me know, and THEN I'll discuss it with my child?
(It's important, as he will actually turn 18 and be able to vote for real in November...a lot can happen between now and then, as far as candidate preferences.)

I bought a book called "Election Connection" by Nickelodeon for my 11 year-old son. It's a great book for younger kids to help them understand our government and the way it works, and it uses popular Nickelodeon characters, like SpongeBob, to explain things. We also watch the debates and primaries on TV.

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