•Generation Engage: Raising Kids Who Change The World
By the time the next President is in the third year of his or her term, my teenagers will be eligible for the draft. Believe me, we're watching the candidates closely when it comes to their views on war - and arguing about them. If your family's anything like ours, you're probably discussing issues around the dinner table during this election year. Parents have a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime chance to inspire our kids to consider the habit of activism, even if they can't vote this time...
•Talking Politics With Teens
It can be challenging to discuss politics across generations without someone melting down (usually you) or tuning out (usually them), but it's not impossible. Here are six traits of adults with the power to engage teens and inspire them to activism.
Be teachable. A conversation isn't about one person sharing knowledge and information with another. That's better known as a lecture (or so I've been told). Listen to teens, allowing them and others to inform your opinions.
Be honorable. It's...
•Vote For My Parent! Why The Candidates' Kids Mattered In Election 2008
This election, First Kid wannabes have been in the public eye like never before. Josh Romney drove through all 99 counties of Iowa in an RV to stump for his Dad, Mitt Romney. His brother Craig used fluent Spanish to voiceover a campaign ad about their "papa." Cate Edwards hit the trail diligently even though she was a busy second year Harvard Law student. Meghan McCain blogged and vlogged to connect the younger generation to her seventy-something father. And even the famously private Chelsea...
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