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What Kids Think About Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton (31 Pics)
Today our country elects its 45th president, and while “the media” has bombarded us with angles and ads, we thought we’d get a fresh perspective and find out what — if anything— kids were saying about the candidates and the presidency.
Once we dug in, a couple things became clear— the kiddos are picking up much more than we expected. They’re processing what it all means through the world as they understand it. This made for some sweet, hilarious, and sometimes shockingly insightful quotes and conversations.
We’ve collected some of our favorites here (as always, shared with permission of the parents). LittleHoots is an app that helps parents around the world keep memories with their children.
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Sadly, most of these are at the very least influenced by adults, or repeated by the children. Too many seem entirely out of character for a child, and I have 3. None of them, and the eldest is nearly 12, have ever made a political statement. They're more interested in lego, minecraft and Harry Potter.
Agree! And it's sort of worse the post is from the ceo of the app. Either the parents are using the app the wrong way or the ceo is using it the wrong way. Just leave the kids out of this, if you're a grown-up, you have grown-up ways of expressing your self... I'm sad.
So true ! I wanted to write the same thing. Be proud of your kids. They have time to enter into the world of adults
Thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands the importance of childhood.
How can you definitively claim that. Children are not stupid, and the negativity and hate surrounding Trump is felt by all.
I never said it was definitively the case. I was speaking from experience, of which I have a reasonable amount. For example, I was a brownie assistant, worked in a primary school, and have children them myself. I definitely didn't say children were stupid. As with adults, it will vary from child to child. The majority of children do not watch the news, nor read the paper or listen to the radio, so one can assume that they heard it from people they know. Regardless, given they won't be researching the topic to find out facts, they will simply be repeating something they have heard somewhere. The negativity and hate you speak of are where these children are hearing what they are repeating. Childhood is precious and fleeting, it shouldn't be taken away by worry. To put it simply, they are too immature to comprehend and deal with the harder side of life. It doesn't make them stupid. Immaturity and intelligence are different things.
This is complete parent influence.. it's what they hear there parents say..
I agree. Where are the anti-Hillary " kid quotes?" -#americachosewisely
There are some actually. These quotes reflect however, the impression from a children's point of view. There was one silent, rationale candidate and one load, emotional one. (I am not making any point on the political rationale here.) It is clear that the emotional one makes more impression on children...and it is easy to understand that this not necessarily was positive.
Sadly, most of these are at the very least influenced by adults, or repeated by the children. Too many seem entirely out of character for a child, and I have 3. None of them, and the eldest is nearly 12, have ever made a political statement. They're more interested in lego, minecraft and Harry Potter.
Agree! And it's sort of worse the post is from the ceo of the app. Either the parents are using the app the wrong way or the ceo is using it the wrong way. Just leave the kids out of this, if you're a grown-up, you have grown-up ways of expressing your self... I'm sad.
So true ! I wanted to write the same thing. Be proud of your kids. They have time to enter into the world of adults
Thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands the importance of childhood.
How can you definitively claim that. Children are not stupid, and the negativity and hate surrounding Trump is felt by all.
I never said it was definitively the case. I was speaking from experience, of which I have a reasonable amount. For example, I was a brownie assistant, worked in a primary school, and have children them myself. I definitely didn't say children were stupid. As with adults, it will vary from child to child. The majority of children do not watch the news, nor read the paper or listen to the radio, so one can assume that they heard it from people they know. Regardless, given they won't be researching the topic to find out facts, they will simply be repeating something they have heard somewhere. The negativity and hate you speak of are where these children are hearing what they are repeating. Childhood is precious and fleeting, it shouldn't be taken away by worry. To put it simply, they are too immature to comprehend and deal with the harder side of life. It doesn't make them stupid. Immaturity and intelligence are different things.
This is complete parent influence.. it's what they hear there parents say..
I agree. Where are the anti-Hillary " kid quotes?" -#americachosewisely
There are some actually. These quotes reflect however, the impression from a children's point of view. There was one silent, rationale candidate and one load, emotional one. (I am not making any point on the political rationale here.) It is clear that the emotional one makes more impression on children...and it is easy to understand that this not necessarily was positive.