Kids Don’t Think Congress Has Their Best Interests In Mind With Their Grandstanding ‘Protect The Children’ Hearing
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Kids Don’t Think Congress Has Their Best Interests In Mind With Their Grandstanding ‘Protect The Children’ Hearing::We’ve covered a few stories this week related to the Senate hearing on “kids safety” and there’s going to be a lot more in the coming weeks as those same Senators grandstand and yell about “protect the children!” and generally make fools of themselves. I think Casey Newton’s summary of the spectacle is about right:…
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Um… as a parent, there’s no way kids know what is good for them.
Not saying congress is right, but we shouldn’t be asking kids. Sorry to any kids reading this.
The point of the article isn't to ask the kids. It's to display that congress is doing such a poor charade that even kids, who are supposed to understand nothing, fully understands that congress is doing obvious bullshit.
the lesson that I'm afraid is being taught is that if we vote for our leaders and our leaders not only do nothing but act like they are or will do something just to get elected that voting is meaningless. I don't want to perpetuate the thought that nothing will change so don't bother voting because then nothing really will change.
That's because they're your kids. Don't judge others' kids based on your goblins.
You clearly don't realize that a good chunk of the backbone of Reddit was literally developed by a 13 year old.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9vz06QO3UkQ
I mean that's cool but also not really a rebuttal to the user above. Now the person above is not correct. Kids absolutely know when they're getting the short end of a deal or at least when it comes to stuff they care about. And Congress didn't give a flying fuck about the good of the children or we'd have a food guarantee for all children and single prayer health care already.
That's the problem, we need more prayers! My new favorite typo
Must be one hell (pun intended) of a prayer to cover everything!
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Either the kids are right and congress is failing them, or the kids are wrong and congress is failing to communicate to them. Either way it's a problem and the adults are failing the kids
As a parent, there is a way for kids to know what's good for them.
What kids lack is experience and emotional maturity, not an understanding of their needs. If you actually listen to kids, they'll surprise you with their observant, creative, and intelligent minds.
No, we shouldn't rely solely on what they say, but to exclude them entirely from the conversation is wrong for so many reasons
Unless your children are under 2, you are doing them an enormous disservice by dismissing their views on the world like this. Children understand a lot more than you think and you can have wonderfull conversations on meaningfully subjects with kids under 10 even.. above 10 they will even amaze you more.
All the bad choices and dumb decisions I made as a kid... Everybody downvoting this is either a kid or suffering from amnesia.
Being older dosent stop ye from making stupid mistakes, heck it's more likely ye make bigger mistakes that are harder to fix
Am idiot adult, former idiot kid. Can confirm.
Or have you considered the possibility that that might just have been a "you problem"?