Yesterday, my eight year old daughter had a friend over for a play date. I was watching the news in the kitchen and girls were having lunch. I had witnessed a \very interesting conversation between my daughter and her friend.
My daughter: “Did you watch the president election on CNN?”
Her Friend: “Of course! You know the president’s daughters are going to have a new puppy!”
My daughter: “Yes, It is so cool! Did you also see another old guy speaking?”
Her Friend: “What guy?”
My daughter: “Another guy, who looks like a Santa Claus. He also wanted to be a president but didn’t win.”
Her Friend: “Oh! Yes, I remember him. He is with Sarah Palin. Last night I had a nightmare about her.”
Me: “What??? You had a nightmare about Sarah Palin???”
Her Friend: “Yes, in my dream she was a vampire. She wanted my blood!”
My daughter: “Oh! Gosh! This is scary!”
It is scary that these days even eight year olds are getting political.
Seems that u have a smart daughter there
It is so funny that they are interested in the puppy. I know my son and his classmates were excited about the election. They had a mock election in their class. One of the girls ran on the platform, “If I am elected, I will keep the classroom cleaner.” The candidate for the boys ran saying, “If I become president of class, I will make sure that our class is the smartest.” My son was so disappointed that the girl won (there are 15 girls in class and only 11 boys.) “I mean, c’mon, what’s more important?!” he said indignantly, “keeping the classroom clean or being smart? Of course, it’s being smart! Those girls don’t know you’ve gotta vote on the issues!”
It made me think, “Hmmm… I guess he WAS paying attention over the past month!”
Thanks for the fun post!
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Nice one. its very funny.
So very interesting. When I was that age, I was clueless about politics. I suppose it’s due to the vast media coverage we have today.
I think it’s great that kids have such exposeure as to what is happening in their country. Hm….Sara Palin a vampire? I wonder where that came from?
Laughing so hard.. Palin scared me, too!
Palin as a vampire is hilarious! I’ve overheard so many interesting “political” discussions between kids at my church, and it’s fascinating to hear what they grasp (and sometimes sad to hear misinformation or prejudice that they’ve picked up somewhere). Fortunately most of what I hear can be traced back to the kids’ genuine interest and curiosity about politics and elections, which is fabulous!