My Son is a Democrat

I never really gave it much thought whether my children would be Democrats or Republicans, and I never thought um, I would find out this year.  It being election year and he is 8 years old and all, I must have forgot how observant he is.  I myself do not discuss politics with my son.  I do have a super-conservative Republican Dad (not that there is anything wrong with that) who gives his view on the government on a daily basis though.  Hence, me not really sharing political commentary with my son, he gets enough um "spinning" from his Grandfather.

So, this leads me to share a recent conversation my son and I had the other day.  I took the afternoon off and played hooky from work, it was a great excuse for a drive.  We had an errand to run and were having a leisurely drive through Palo Alto.  We are taking in the sites, he is making observations, you know the drill.  Along our drive we see a large number of signs in their yards, mostly for one candidate in particular;

"Wow there seems to be a lot of people voting for Obama." Grant says

"Yes, Grant it looks like there is a lot of support for him here."

"Ya.....I don't really follow politics much, I think I am just going to vote for who my parents tell me to vote for."

 

After I stopped snorting and holding my laughter in (What no reporter for Nick News on the campaign trail?), I say,"Oh honey well first off you don't get to vote till you are 18 years old.  And, you should vote for who you want to vote for, not who someone tells you to vote for."

Silence from the backseat and then my son says sort of concerned and questioning, "But at school I get these magazines that say these kids are voting for president?"

"Uh....well okay, that is called campaigning, they are campaigning for a candidate, somebody they want to win the race for president, even though they can not vote."

Silence from the back seat - whew!  I am relieved I answered all his questions - now if he starts asking me about delegates, the state of the union or my view on the last presidential race I will have to change the subject.....or have him start reading blogs.

"VOTE FOR OBAMA!  VOTE FOR OBAMA!" My son is pounding his fist in the air and chanting, "VOTE FOR OBAMA!"  Not to be out done my daughter quickly jumps into the mix...."VOTE FOR OBAMA!  VOTE FOR OBAMA!"  And, now the windows are being rolled down and the chanting gets louder and louder.  The Lentzner children are campaigning on their first presidential election....oh they grow up so fast.

Originally posted on SV Moms.

You can find Jamie giving business advice, sharing embarrassing stories but NO political talk on her personal blog JPD Mom.