Yesterday I recalled a remarkable incident from my life with my older daughter.
We were living in Kentucky and it was in November just after the presidential elections.
We found our son, 6 years old unusually very quiet in his room upstairs after coming home from school.
I asked our 12 year old daughter to go and investigate.
She came back and said, "He is crying, he does not want to talk to anyone".
We immediately placed the blame on her, accusing that she might have done something or teased him.
Then she went upstairs again, came back with unstoppable giggling and laughing, she couldn't open her mouth to finish a sentence.
We asked her to stop goofing around and to tell us the reason.
Finally she said with a laughter.
"He is crying because Algore lost to Bush"
It was laughable and at the same time puzzling for us.
We never actually discussed US politics at home.
We purposely did not buy a TV as we wanted our children to spend more time with books, enjoy the life outside and also with parents.
We went upstairs and enquired what the matter was, consoling him that there was nothing he could do to influence the election. He was crying and shouting at the same.
He did not want to talk to us.
"No.. you did not take me to vote, you did not vote. All my friends went with their parents and they voted for Bush, I wanted to vote for Algore, I could not, I wanted Algore to win."
With tears coming down his cheeks and sobbing, the six year old did not know about electoral college, immigrants and climate change.
It was 4 elections ago, today.
Yesterday, his parent voted, but could n't change the outcome either.
We were living in Kentucky and it was in November just after the presidential elections.
We found our son, 6 years old unusually very quiet in his room upstairs after coming home from school.
I asked our 12 year old daughter to go and investigate.
She came back and said, "He is crying, he does not want to talk to anyone".
We immediately placed the blame on her, accusing that she might have done something or teased him.
Then she went upstairs again, came back with unstoppable giggling and laughing, she couldn't open her mouth to finish a sentence.
We asked her to stop goofing around and to tell us the reason.
Finally she said with a laughter.
"He is crying because Algore lost to Bush"
It was laughable and at the same time puzzling for us.
We never actually discussed US politics at home.
We purposely did not buy a TV as we wanted our children to spend more time with books, enjoy the life outside and also with parents.
We went upstairs and enquired what the matter was, consoling him that there was nothing he could do to influence the election. He was crying and shouting at the same.
He did not want to talk to us.
"No.. you did not take me to vote, you did not vote. All my friends went with their parents and they voted for Bush, I wanted to vote for Algore, I could not, I wanted Algore to win."
With tears coming down his cheeks and sobbing, the six year old did not know about electoral college, immigrants and climate change.
It was 4 elections ago, today.
Yesterday, his parent voted, but could n't change the outcome either.
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