What do you do when your childs partisanship is too extreme?: "As is often the case, the shimmering ideal of childhood innocence doesn't last long in the face of real kids."
I have noticed this same trend in the kids, especially James. It comes out a lot in games and when I am watching sports. It becomes a black and white us v. them issue very quickly. Often when I am watching a football game in which I have no vested interest, instead just watching because I like to watch football, James will come in and ask who 'we are going for'. And when I replay that I am not really cheering for any team, that I am just watching for the heck of it, he seems kind of disappointed, like 'what's the sense in watching if you dont't care who wins?'
And of course this did carry over to the election. James wasted little time on Wednesday pointing out to his buddy Jon Del that Obama won. (Of course the fact that Jon's parents are quite likely fervent Republicans made the point all the more interesting) THe other night at Dillon's birthday party poor Dillon made the comment "I am sorry to all the Obama supporters but I hope McCain wins" Of course Dillon is 12, and I already knew his mom, Dennis' Ex, was a McCain supporter, so I cut short the discussion by asking him if he said that because his mom liked McCain, to which he said yes. That kept some of the other adults from jumping all over him. So it clearly is an issue of the kid's acquiring the interests of their parents.
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