Explaining bad behavior
O’Brien says kids may have questions about why people are acting in this way, or why it’s OK for them to mob the U.S. Capitol and not follow the rules.
“You can say that when people feel not in control of certain things, their feelings get really big and their behavior gets out of control,” she says. “When that happens it can look really scary.”
Domingues adds that kids might also be asking about people’s anger and why they’re doing something that doesn’t seem appropriate. She advises parents to just be honest.
“You can say, ‘Everyone is feeling a different way about the election, and this is one way they’re expressing it,’” she says. “‘As a family, we might do this differently, but this is how they’re choosing to do it. But other people are stepping in to keep the peace and keep everyone safe.’ It’s important to highlight there are people who are keeping people safe.”
And though you might have strong opinions about what’s going on, parents should resist the temptation to propagandize to their children.
“We see kids as young as kindergarten talking about how people with different political beliefs are ‘bad guys,’” she says. “Instead, use this as an opportunity to explain how complicated the world is.”
That is fair, I agree, but the entire piece coming now? Not during ANTIFA riots? That's ridiculous. And with an implication that what happened at DC was somehow traumatic? I mean, it was/is for us MAGA folks. Our republic is being swept under the CCP rug. But for the sheeple? Nahhh, no way.
Explaining bad behavior O’Brien says kids may have questions about why people are acting in this way, or why it’s OK for them to mob the U.S. Capitol and not follow the rules.
“You can say that when people feel not in control of certain things, their feelings get really big and their behavior gets out of control,” she says. “When that happens it can look really scary.”
Domingues adds that kids might also be asking about people’s anger and why they’re doing something that doesn’t seem appropriate. She advises parents to just be honest.
“You can say, ‘Everyone is feeling a different way about the election, and this is one way they’re expressing it,’” she says. “‘As a family, we might do this differently, but this is how they’re choosing to do it. But other people are stepping in to keep the peace and keep everyone safe.’ It’s important to highlight there are people who are keeping people safe.”
And though you might have strong opinions about what’s going on, parents should resist the temptation to propagandize to their children.
“We see kids as young as kindergarten talking about how people with different political beliefs are ‘bad guys,’” she says. “Instead, use this as an opportunity to explain how complicated the world is.”
thats fair no?
That is fair, I agree, but the entire piece coming now? Not during ANTIFA riots? That's ridiculous. And with an implication that what happened at DC was somehow traumatic? I mean, it was/is for us MAGA folks. Our republic is being swept under the CCP rug. But for the sheeple? Nahhh, no way.