Take Your Kids to the Polls!!
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People always complain about the youth voter turnout. Yes we should encourage 18-25 year olds to vote.
But we should also encourage parents of young kids to take their kids to the polls.

#elxn43 #cdnpoli But this applies to any country
Make it a family walk down to the polling station on election day if you can. Plan to go for pizza or ice cream after. If you have to vote in advance polls, bring them along.

#cdnpoli #elxn43
I would always walk to the polls with my parents as a kid. It felt special and important. I couldn't wait to vote when I turned 18, and I've voted in every election I was eligible to vote in. And since my son was born, we've brought him with us every time.
But we don't just take him to the polls.
First we tell him about each party's plans and goals, in age appropriate language, as unbiased as we can manage, as free of adult partisanship as we can manage.
Funny thing, explaining it honestly to a six year old helps the adults cut through the BS too.

We talk about our local candidates history and the party leaders. Using fair language, leave out the childish taunts from the Internet.
We ask him which one he thinks is best, and why. We don't judge his response. Sometimes he picks two and thats fine. He's never picked a Conservative. We tried to stay neutral but we probably influenced that.
We explain who we're choosing and why.
We have printed fake ballots and have a little family election. We used the actual candidates names and parties.

Then of course, we took him to the polls. We told him who we'd decided to vote for and why, and we bring him behind the shade with us to watch us mark the ballot.
I did learn the hard way one year to explain to him the concept of a secret ballot, after he blurted out "Don't vote for X, vote for Y!"

He's very interested in the process of voting and can't wait to vote for real. Hopefully he still is when he finally gets the chance!
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