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Pantsuit Politics

Talking to Kids About the Election

Pantsuit Politics

Sarah & Beth

Society & Culture, Politics, News, News Commentary

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We get so many questions about how to talk to kids about politics. Today, we're sharing some of what we have learned over the years with our own children, including a demonstration conversation between Beth and her daughter Ellen.


TOPICS DISCUSSED

  • Talking to Your Kids About Politics
  • Beth and Ellen Discuss the Presidential Debate
  • Outside of Politics: Screen Time


We are thrilled to be hosting a joint live show this November 7th with one of our favorites, Vanessa Zoltan of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text! Join us in Boston - or via live stream - for a fun night among friends.


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0:00.0

This is Sarah Stewart Holland. This is Beth Silver's. You're listening to Pantsu Politics, where we take a different approach to the news. We're so happy you're here with us. If you are new to meet you politics, welcome. Thank you for checking us out and giving us some of your precious time.

0:35.8

We try to take a different approach to the news here by which we mean we are not journalists. We're not pundits and we are not

0:46.2

stumping for one party or the other or for any particular politician. We're just people and we try to bring the whole of our life

0:49.6

experiences to every conversation that we have together.

0:52.8

Sarah and I have been making Pantsuit politics

0:55.3

since November 2015.

0:57.6

So we are pretty practiced in showing up

1:00.0

with our whole selves, with our different personalities

1:02.6

and thoughts and questions,

1:04.7

and we hope that we start conversations

1:06.9

that our audience can then continue

1:08.4

with the people in your lives.

1:11.2

Today, that different approach to the news is going to take us deep into our parenting because

1:15.8

we often are asked how we talk to our kids about politics. So we're going to share some tips

1:20.4

that have served us well with our kids.

1:23.0

And we're going to begin with a conversation that I had with my daughter, Ellen,

1:27.0

who is nine after the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris,

1:31.0

as just one example. And then on Friday, you'll get to hear Sarah talking with her teenage

1:36.6

son Griffin and Brian Tyler Cohen about progressive politics.

1:41.2

What happens when your kids get to a place where they have their own opinions

1:43.7

and thoughts about the world and how do you navigate that? So we hope both of these episodes are

1:47.4

valuable to you.

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