Take Your Children to the Voting Booth!

If You Want the Best for Your Children,

Take Them to the Voting Booth!

 

As homeschooling parents, we work hard to provide our children with the very best education. We research to find the best curriculum choices, we stay aware of the latest educational opportunities in our region -- we spend much of our time and energy on doing the best that we can for our families.  On Tuesday, November 7^th, you will have an opportunity to teach your children a priceless lesson – take them with you when you go to vote!

 

I know it is not easy to gather the kids, stroller, voter registration card, and load up the crew to go to vote, but the lessons that they learn cannot be learned from any book. They will learn by watching – that their parents care enough to vote. They will learn that their neighbors and friends vote, and that when they grow up, they will be able to vote. Like many other things that they learn, these lessons of responsibility and obligation about voting are so important.

 

“Our American heritage is threatened as much by our own indifference as by the most unscrupulous office or by the most powerful foreign threat. The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”

 Dwight Eisenhower, 1940

 

If your children are old enough, study your ballot before going to vote. Visit websites like those in this list to learn more about the candidates and issues that will be on the ballot for your zip code or region:

 

Homeschool Ministry – Elections 2006

 

Project Vote-Smart

 

Vote-USA

 

These websites provide so much information that you can share with your children, showing them how important it is to participate in the election of our government officials.  Give them some perspective by sharing some of your voting experiences with them – from the first election that you were able to vote in, and just how much voting has changed since you were a child (electronic voting versus marking a paper ballot, etc.)

 

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.”

John Adams

 

Ask grandparents and family friends to share some of their election memories. If you know of people that have held public office or participated in an election campaign, ask them to share their experiences with your children. I will never forget the fun that we had when my father managed a governor’s race when I was a child. From stuffing envelopes to meeting all kinds of people and visiting many new places, it was a great and unforgettable experience.

 

Homeschooling is not an easy choice – but it is a thoughtful and life-changing approach for your family. Our educational freedom of choice, like our many other freedoms, needs to be protected, and we can do this by participating in elections as voters, volunteers, and even as candidates.

 

One more thing to remember – when you take the time to vote, you are also reaching across to future generations of your family by helping choose the candidates and issues that will help mold a better future for them.  By voting, you fulfill a very important obligation and privilege that we have as Americans, as well as sharing the experience with your children and showing them that you value this very important privilege, and that every vote is so important.

 

Thanks for caring, and I hope to see you at the polls!

 

Blessings,

Amanda B.

www.unitstudy.com

 

"It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens."

President Grover Cleveland

 

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