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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:00 AM
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Cool children's book: "Why Mommy is a Democrat"
Someone just sent me the link for this book. I have absolutely no vested interest in it, but it looks great and very well done, so I thought I'd pass it along.

http://littledemocrats.net/index.html


Some sample pages:



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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:05 AM
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1. Not exactly SUBTLE, but I like it. nm
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:05 AM
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2. I think in the next frame that elephant shits all over the squirrels
Then makes them pay to clean themselves off.

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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:25 AM
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8. Hahaaaa!
For the clean-up:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:06 AM
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3. I hate this book...
Why do 5-year-olds need to know the Democrative platform? Plus, the illustrations stink.

It's much like the Republican version, which came out a year or so ago:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0976726904.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65621288_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Help-Mom-There-Liberals-Under/dp/0976726904

Just the other side of the same coin.

By all means, instill your kids with your values - that's your job. But you don't need a crappy book to do it with.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:12 AM
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5. You say "Just the other side of the same coin."
I disagree.

I don't think values that the Democrats stand for are "just the other side of the same coin."
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 04:20 PM
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11. No, but the propagandizing of five-year-olds is.
That's my coin.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:18 PM
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13. And reading them Disney books isn't propagandizing, I suppose?

If you don't want one of the books, then don't buy one. Simple as that.
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 04:29 PM
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12. I agree.
It's incredibly precious and superior. Plus, it's lacking in specifics. One of my kids is very interested in my politics and is always quizzing me about it -- wisely, he seems unable to believe it can possibly be THAT one-sided. His grandparents are Republican and he doesn't want to think they're EVIL people who don't want children to go to school.

So I've had to teach him very carefully that being a Democrat is not a matter of BAD and GOOD but of having very specific desires for government.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:45 PM
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20. Well said, SJ
Your kids are lucky :thumbsup:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:00 AM
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22. same in our house. it is always talk in respect to republicans. they
love their republican family and i will not slight them, make them less or create a bogey man out of them. i have had to be objective and honest talking to my boys in politics. and my wont see all one sided either. to this day my 11 yr old will say, not that the democrats are all right either. and he has his points. free thinker. and this is a dude that sees the mess the repugs create and causes him anxiety. he wants dems in.
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hashibabba Donating Member (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:07 AM
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4. Very cute. I especially love the one with the mother
guarding the kids from the elephant! :thumbsup:
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:15 AM
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6. Agitprop for 5 year olds? Creepy (nt)
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:24 AM
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7. Look forward to the next book in this series: "Why Mommy is a Liberal Democrat".........
Counter-brainwashing tactics and measures are a good thing.
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IA_Seth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:37 AM
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9. As much as I love my little democrat....
I would prefer an independent, free-thinker as opposed to someone that thinks Democrats are good because daddy says so.

Just my opinion.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:49 AM
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10. "teachable moments"
are what you make of them . . .

Books should spark a discussion with small children--be a springboard for discussion. Not just, "Here kid, remember this and believe it."
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:21 PM
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14. well, I think so BUT
do not endorse any kind of political indoctrination to children. Just teach 'em to be good, kind people and they will naturally choose the Light over Darkness.
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Superman Returns Donating Member (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:33 PM
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15. sorry, I laughed
I think this is as dumb as that "liberals are under my bed" book. Children don't need political indocrination this early. Let them enjoy the care free, fun years of their life while their still young and innocent.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:35 PM
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18. I think there is so much anti-Democratic propaganda on radio, tv, and
in classrooms and the like, that it's natural that some parents wish to balance that out.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:34 PM
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16. Democrats don't cut funding for illegal Wars
but Mommy does.

Mommy, i'm confused...
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:35 PM
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17. What's the deal with the creepy guy in the background?
I thought I got it with the two rich people passing him by, not with the rest.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 05:37 PM
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19. It looks appallingly crappy to me.
Better to raise critical thinkers than party loyalists.

(Not to mention the fact that it says very little about why I'm a Democrat.)
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:56 PM
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21. dont like it, not even, not a little bit. i would use it more to teach child how
people stereotype and i would be teaching my children the other side. telling them things are not so black and white and this kind of thinking does us little good but create battle. how they are conditioning children and never allow that. i would use this as an example to watch out for, regardless if i agreed with positions. i think it is horrible, personally. and i would never be teaching this crap to my children so young. my child was way beyond this by four, five latest.... probably four. so what... i would be giving it to him at baby to three? wrong wrong.
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