Oh I am so excited about all those recipes you posted yesterday. I am going to have a hard time picking just one to feature. Hmmm... I may have to make it some sort of series. Although it could be slightly scary to have me in the kitchen for an extended period of time.
But I just might be up for a little culinary adventure y'all.
We'll see.
Okay on to today's post...
Four years ago I was very excited to teach my kids about the election process. I wanted them to be able to understand how things work and why it is important for us to vote.
I also wanted them learn how to stay informed about the different candidates. I didn't want them to just say they were for the same candidate as me and not know why.
So we not only studied the election process, we also studied the different political parties and where they stand on important issues.
I must admit, I learned as much if not more than my kids. How is it that I graduated from both high school and college and really hadn't a clue about all of this before? Seriously.
My only fancy comment about the electoral process before studying it all with my kids was something like, "Hanging chads are bad. Very bad." And sadly, I felt kind-of smart saying that.
We read books from the library. We researched the Internet. We went on field trips and got buttons to wear with our favorite candidate's names on them.
All was great until one of my button wearing daughters was questioned by someone about her choice of candidates. This lady leaned down and said, "Oh honey, you're not hoping he'll win are you?"
"Why yes I am." My little girl confidently replied and then asked the lady, "Who are you voting for?"
Unfortunately the lady was very bold in announcing her choice of a candidate. A candidate we'd just studied whose beliefs were not ones with which my daughter agreed.
Without hesitation my wide-eyed child looked right at me, gasped, and blurted out, "Mama is she going to hell?"
Have mercy. My face turned completely red. I would have been perfectly fine with the floor opening and swallowing us both.
I quickly discerned we had us some more learning to do.
So, how are you preparing your family to be informed about the upcoming election? Have you found any helpful resources? Websites?
Have you thought about how to teach your kids to understand the issues and back certain candidates without judging others?
It is a balance requiring lots of grace is it not...
But I just might be up for a little culinary adventure y'all.
We'll see.
Okay on to today's post...
Four years ago I was very excited to teach my kids about the election process. I wanted them to be able to understand how things work and why it is important for us to vote.
I also wanted them learn how to stay informed about the different candidates. I didn't want them to just say they were for the same candidate as me and not know why.
So we not only studied the election process, we also studied the different political parties and where they stand on important issues.
I must admit, I learned as much if not more than my kids. How is it that I graduated from both high school and college and really hadn't a clue about all of this before? Seriously.
My only fancy comment about the electoral process before studying it all with my kids was something like, "Hanging chads are bad. Very bad." And sadly, I felt kind-of smart saying that.
We read books from the library. We researched the Internet. We went on field trips and got buttons to wear with our favorite candidate's names on them.
All was great until one of my button wearing daughters was questioned by someone about her choice of candidates. This lady leaned down and said, "Oh honey, you're not hoping he'll win are you?"
"Why yes I am." My little girl confidently replied and then asked the lady, "Who are you voting for?"
Unfortunately the lady was very bold in announcing her choice of a candidate. A candidate we'd just studied whose beliefs were not ones with which my daughter agreed.
Without hesitation my wide-eyed child looked right at me, gasped, and blurted out, "Mama is she going to hell?"
Have mercy. My face turned completely red. I would have been perfectly fine with the floor opening and swallowing us both.
I quickly discerned we had us some more learning to do.
So, how are you preparing your family to be informed about the upcoming election? Have you found any helpful resources? Websites?
Have you thought about how to teach your kids to understand the issues and back certain candidates without judging others?
It is a balance requiring lots of grace is it not...
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