Comments on: Adventures at the Polls

By: JediMom

JediMom — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:27:05 +0000

Fabulous idea! It’s so tempting not to take the kids when you’re not sure if there will be a long wait, technical difficulties, a nearby bathroom, etc. But I agree, it’s so important to show our kids this part of the process.

I’ll be taking my kids to the polls on election day!

By: Susanna (A Modern Mother)

Susanna (A Modern Mother) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:11:56 +0000

I could not agree more. Children need to know how important it is to vote.

I took my three last spring when we had to vote for a new MP in Henley. Granted, it is much less time-consuming to vote in the UK (you only vote for one person — not a hundred positions and propositions!)

I also noticed a lot parents doing the same thing.

By: Gudrun of Kitchen Gadget Girl

Gudrun of Kitchen Gadget Girl — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:38:41 +0000

good reminder – I have been voting my mail forever, since a run in with a strange, over bearing poll worker my junior year in college. But now that my kids are paying attention to the election, perhaps it is time to take them to see our voting system at work!

By: Dominique

Dominique — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:26:35 +0000

I do remember, as a young kid, going with my mom when she voted. The importance she attached to voting stayed with me as an adult. I registered as soon as I was eligible to do so and never miss an election!

By: BookMama

BookMama — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:51:44 +0000

My mom always took one of us to vote with her, and now I always take BB to vote with me. I think this year my husband and I will each take one of the kids. I always enjoyed it with my mom and I think BB enjoys it too.

By: Nikki Massaro Kauffman

Nikki Massaro Kauffman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:06:42 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more! I have been taking my kids since they were very, very small, and it has made them interested in the political process year-round! (Of course it helps that our polling place has a snack table.)

Watching us vote impressed upon my kids the importance of elections and keeping informed. My daughter enjoyed looking for campaign signs in neighbors’ yards and asked to listen to NPR on the way to school. My son pointed out caricatures of candidates in gaming magazines and on YouTube videos. My kids knew candidates’ names and parties, explanations of challengers and incumbents and the like before becoming school-aged.

It’s never to early to make them confident about the voting process!