A normal election year would be a learning opportunity for kids.
But not 2016. At least, not yet.
Mark KennedyView other columns by Mark Kennedy
When election news appears on television, I sometimes grab the remote and change the channel. I don’t want my 9-year-old son to watch.
It’s sad. When it comes to exercising parental discretion, politics is now right up there with sex and violence. Presidential primary campaigns have become too raw for kids.
And it’s almost impossible to teach a child good manners these days, when our leaders have become a bunch of potty-mouthed bullies.