Would you trust your Pres candidate to babysit your child?

Cult-like adoration or sheer stupidity?

Honestly, this wouldn't register with my Dad. He believes that President should be someone who can do the hard stuff when the time calls for it. That's a different set of skills than childcare.

My kids are adults and there’s several candidates I would not subject my adult kids to. Kamala is not one of them.

I agree. Babysitting children, especially small children or infants requires a certain set of skills.  Not everyone learns those skills outside of having their own children. Now that's a more complicated issue than just that. Some people have kids and still don't learn those skills.

But for the sake of this conversation, I certainly wouldn't say that I wouldn't vote for a childless candidate, for instance. 

Nor do I think being childless or without skills in caring for children removes the ability to understand the needs of voters who do have children.

its not being a babysitter, where. the barriers are often low.. but trump couldn't pass background check required for many many jobs!!

kamala could babysit my kids. if they were small

My take on this is kind of twofold.  

First…yes there are some people who are not children people. I would not pick those people as a nanny, teacher, or some other job that requires constant interaction with children/young people.  It certainly does not mean the person is bad or anything negative, just that they have other skills that dictate what type of job they would be good at.

However, on the other hand, I expect that I should be able to leave a child with most adults for a few hours and not fear it.  Even if they are not children people, they should be able to watch and keep a child safe for a few hours.  I would not leave a child with Trump unattended, even for an hour.  I do feel if I could not do that how could I even feel somewhat comfortable giving him the opportunity to be the US President for 4 years.

Exactly! One of them is a proven letch that would intentionally walk in on teenage girls in a changing room and who hung out and partied with a convicted pedophile. I wouldn’t leave my teenage DD alone with him for five minutes! 🤮

I agree with this

I think Liz Cheney is awesome for standing for her convictions and campaigning for Harris. However, I don't love this. I agree with a previous poster that the better comment is - if you wouldn't want your daughter to ride in an elevator alone with them, they shouldn't be president. Caring for children is actually difficult, and in some ways I think it dismisses that difficulty. The fact is there are lots of people I may support for a job and would not have wanted to babysit my children.

I would rip out my own fingernails before letting my 22 year old daughter anywhere near Trump. And that's a better judge of his character or lack thereof than whether I'd let him babysit my kids.

I think the question is sort of metaphorical (probably not even the right word). It’s not about whether the candidate has the skills to care for children, and if that has any bearing on whether he or she has the skills to serve as president.

It’s about whether, at a most basic level, the candidate is a trustworthy, decent person.

And I think most of us understand that one of the candidates absolutely is NOT.

I think people are taking the question too literally. It’s about the general character of the candidates. I would never let Trump be around my kids because he is racist, sexist, liar, criminal and on and on. I also doubt he would be hired by many companies even as a low level employee. And he certainly wouldn’t be hired by a daycare center due to his record.

I wouldn't trust my presidential candidate to babysit my kids.  Just like I wouldn't trust any of you.  I don't know them on a personal level, know if they are "kid people", etc.  But that doesn't make them unfit to run the country.

Honestly I think virtuous and politician are oxymoron's so there is not a candidate that I would trust...with anyone or anything. 

You wouldn't trust Harris or Walz to hold your purse? Really? Or date your sibling?
Going into business is too much, but the others? You are one suspicious cookie.