The Catholic school my sister and I attended organized an anti abortion march on the state capital and my parents were initially not going to let my sister attend (I think I was too young then) because they didn't agree with the march. The wound up letting her go but talked to her about her views and let her make up her own mind about attending. She just wanted to get out of school and march around the capital holding a sign; she didn't really get the whole thing at that age. My sister and I are now both staunchly pro choice and the only reason I bring this up is because I think that it was good for her to get the exposure to rallying for a belief, so that when she grew up and could make up her own mind about what those beliefs were, she wasn't a stranger to the idea of speaking out for them. I do believe that being vocal about their views is a good thing to teach children.
Parents are of course going to try to teach their children their values, and if the parents' values lead them to peaceful rallies or assemblies, then I don't see why the children should be excluded. However, I would hope that this comes with the parental responsibility of *discussing* those values with the children, age appropriate of course. The kids will eventually make up their own minds, like my sister and I did and might be at a rally protesting the parents' rally, but hey.
Parents are of course going to try to teach their children their values, and if the parents' values lead them to peaceful rallies or assemblies, then I don't see why the children should be excluded. However, I would hope that this comes with the parental responsibility of *discussing* those values with the children, age appropriate of course. The kids will eventually make up their own minds, like my sister and I did and might be at a rally protesting the parents' rally, but hey.
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