This is a different situation.
i hope i can describe it well enough not to begin ill will.
Early in this year’s family visit, maybe August, i took my grdaughter+one of her friends for a hamburger.
There was a television on, with CNN “news.” Neither girl is accustomed to TV, so, they silently stared. My back was turned to the TV, not interested in TV.
Very soon, the girls became animated, jumping up+down, laughing+chanting, ridiculing, President Trump. (Not using, “President.”) i was taken back. Where is this coming from?! They are in 5th grade, public school, quite a wealthy location.
i quietly asked my granddaughter if she knew President Trump? “No.”
Is it ok to bully people you don’t know? “No.”
Is it ok to speak meanly about people you don’t know? “No.”
Have you listened to him, or heard his POV? “No.”
hmm.
My grdaughter has been frustrated from time-to-time, when teachers have not listened to her, when they decided another child “was right,” even when lying was involved.
i reminded her of this, she agreed, she did not like to be treated this way, at all.
i let the girls know, in the U.S., we have a President and Vice President.
We discussed this, now+then, over a few days.
on a prior visit, we went to a fav local bookstore, i asked if they had any children’s books on President Trump? i wanted to view. “No.” .. (but, the store offered several books on obama, even on hillary) ..
the clerk offered to look for something
to order, i said, ok .. she found NOTHING.
i know books exist. she offered to search further, if i could provide a specific title.
T-R-U-M-P.
After this recent incident, i ordered one of several children’s books on President Trump, on Amazon, not at the local bookstore. i was not sure what it would be.
When i asked my granddaughter if she knew who VP Pence is? “No.” Never heard of him.
i ordered the children’s book VP Pence’s daughter wrote, her mother did the artwork.
Month’s ago, i read about Pence’s children’s book, but, as quickly as it was available, it was immediately made high sport of by “entertainers” and media. Very mean-spirited.
i wanted to see the book, decided to delay, until after the media ran its ugly course.
All this, over days+weeks. Nothing to be gained by overkill.
One day, after school, we were driving along, i gave the Trump book to her.
she read it with interest. i was ok with it, it was descriptive of the office, not political.
she enjoyed it, we discussed.
Later, i repeated with the Pence book. It features the Pence pet rabbit, BOTUS.
she enjoyed it, we discussed.
i hope her takeaway is, “don’t jump on bandwagons,” “listen to both sides of every story,”
even when, “everyone else” is doing it. these are old messages children need (for life) to respond to the crazy world around them.
The books are not award winners, they are easy reading, lots of pictures.
Two different styles.
All things considered, i think they are age appropriate for the topic, for children.
For me, the books are incidental to the point, others could work just as well.
Mommy, Who is Donald J. Trump?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/315 ... earch=true
Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of a Vice President
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362 ... -president
i do not want to bring contention to this thread.
i wanted my response to hyper-politicizing young children to be measured, not political (and civil).
in our family, we do not discuss politics with children. rarely with each other.
please use discretion about responses.
if another thread/topic is wanted, please continue.
the decision is her parents’. 
Had an idea last month.
