It depends on the issue and the child. I'd take any of my kids to a marriage equality rally, because I think civil rights is one of those things that every intelligent person can agree on. My school aged kids think it's crazy that same sex people aren't allowed to get married everywhere and I'm sure my baby would agree if she could talk.
Something that I think has more grey to it, like abortion rights, I'd only take my kid to if they were old enough to understand and form an opinion. In that example I'd take my ~8 yr. old but not my kindergartner.
Also, babies don't count IMO. They go where mom goes.
Yeah, I agree - I didn't plan to bring my son to have his little baby voice heard, it was more that he just goes where the boobs go.
It got me thinking though. I was genuinely surprised to see that there weren't more children at the rally as it was peaceful and something that affects families. When I had some negative comments to the photo of my son I started wondering if I was one of those crazy parents who force their agenda on their children.
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
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If it's one for equal rights, or for encouraging positive change, I don't have a problem with it. If it's one for hindering the rights of others, I do.
I was going to go to the equal rights rally in my city on Saturday, but my daughter (3.5) was getting over a cold and I didn't want to drag her out when she wasn't feeling the best.
hah we definitely are :) I really wanted to go, even though it would've meant she'd have to miss out on a nap. But she had a nasty cold for over a week, then an ear infection, then another (milder) cold. It would've just been too much for her.
It would depend. I wouldn't take a child to an abortion rally, on either side of choice, because of the chance of the gross fetus photos.
I don't think kids belong at a lot of protests. It doesn't seem very safe, in most cases, at least the ones I have been to. There is a lot of angry shouting, and sometimes people yell things at you that are just not appropriate.
I live in the Detroit area and every year there's this big car event called The Woodward Dream Cruise. One year some idiot was walking around with a HUGE dead fetus poster. My daughter was too young to notice it at the time, but I think about her baby crazy self seeing it now and my blood gets up. It's not an appropriate time nor place for that bullshit.
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Something that I think has more grey to it, like abortion rights, I'd only take my kid to if they were old enough to understand and form an opinion. In that example I'd take my ~8 yr. old but not my kindergartner.
Also, babies don't count IMO. They go where mom goes.
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It got me thinking though. I was genuinely surprised to see that there weren't more children at the rally as it was peaceful and something that affects families. When I had some negative comments to the photo of my son I started wondering if I was one of those crazy parents who force their agenda on their children.
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I was going to go to the equal rights rally in my city on Saturday, but my daughter (3.5) was getting over a cold and I didn't want to drag her out when she wasn't feeling the best.
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I don't think kids belong at a lot of protests. It doesn't seem very safe, in most cases, at least the ones I have been to. There is a lot of angry shouting, and sometimes people yell things at you that are just not appropriate.
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