My teenager's thoughts on Trump

My dd and her best friend dressed up like HRC and Trump for Halloween. They said those were the scariest costumes they could think of. Lol

My kids don't like trump and can't understand why some people do.

Of course that is because they know *I* don't like him. I don't think my kids are old enough to craft their own political opinion yet.

So I will craft their opinion...well me and SNL and Seth Myers.

My DS16 said if Trump wins it (his presidency) wouldn't last long. They'd take away his own phone and other personal freedoms, he couldn't take it, would soon go insane and be done.

There was just a Trump commercial on during Monday Night Football and the closing line was something like "Hillary Clinton only cares about power, money and herself."

My 8 year old said, "Trump sounds like he's talking about himself, not Hillary."

I know there is a fear, it's the over-the-top exaggeration that makes me worry what is happening to this country.  I, for one, DO want illegal immigrants that have committed crimes deported.  Why wouldn't I?

For law-abiding illegal immigrants, a solution has to be found, but not at the expense of those following the rules to enter legally.  It's a tough problem to solve and I think the way to the best answer is for both sides to work together, not against each other.

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My six year old came home from school saying that a classmate said something similar, that "none of the people from other places can come here anymore." 

I haven't discussed the election with my kids and we don't watch much live TV (their stations don't really have political commercials and we FF through recorded programs) but he learned the names of the candidates at school today when he learned about the election and why he had off of school tomorrow (his elementary is a polling station).  He knows Trump's first and last name, but only Clinton's first.  He says he wants Hillary to win (I asked just out of curiosity) but wasn't able to tell me how he came to that conclusion (I asked him that just to see if it was something he learned from a teacher or something).  This whole process I've been thankful that my kids are still young and innocent enough to be somewhat easily shielded from the craziness of it.  Of all the experiences to learn about our political system, this election isn't the first one I want any of them to see as an example.

I recently read this article written by a BBC Newsnight Presenter about her son and friend and their interest in the US election process. Just to explain Half Term is the week off school British children get every six weeks. The two boys (12 years old) decided to run their own poll and phoned people in America from the UK - would love to know what the phone bill came to!. Being 12 they picked people who shared names with characters from Family Guy etc.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/37799779

Agreed. And there are usually ballot questions as well. In addition, on my ballot there were nine additional choices for pres. 

That's hysterical. People, click on this and read to inject some well-written levity into this day. 

"Not enough Sandinistas and powerful Republicans." Sounds like a couple of precocious and resourceful 12 year olds.

My 7 year old has asked why trump says that things he does and why he is so mean. The older two have asked questions and are using their own critical thinking, but they also think that trump is mean.