Talk to Your Kids About the Election – Here’s How Melissa Joan Hart Does It

Like most parents, I want my children to grow up knowing and caring about the culture… but this campaign season, it’s been hard to know how to deal with it.  Actress Melissa Joan Hart discussed her strategies about raising kids during a campaign season, and I think it’s full of wisdom:

“I had my 10-year-old [son Mason] watch the second debate with me,” she said of the October debate, moderated by ABC News’ Martha Raddatz. “I thought it started off pretty civil at first and then it took a bad turn. But I think it’s important.”

“I wasn’t really up on current events – especially politics – until I was well in my 30s. So I like that at 10 years old, he’s kind of getting the fact that there’s an election and who to vote for…I don’t think I ever knew that stuff growing up,” she admitted.

The “Melissa and Joey” actress explained that her parents either “didn’t care and didn’t talk about” politics when she was younger. Still, it’s made her want to include her three children in the process and use it as a teaching moment.

“I think it’s important. And the younger you learn it, the better grasp you get on it and have a chance to change our country,” she said.

“I pray every night that my boys grow up to be boys that will change the world; have some small affect on the world whether they build a bridge or create a charity or dig a well,” Hart continued. “And I think that the younger they learn these current events and politics and stuff, the better chance they have of actually making a difference.”

Love this!