The Child and The Election

"The children are our future." It's a cliche that's surpasses every other cliche in the books. We all know that children hold the key to what lies in the future. We must nurture them and teach them right. We must help them when in trouble and keep them bright. I had the pleasure of speaking to an eleven-year-old, energetic, and intelligent, African American female by the name of Iniko.I wanted to know what she felt about her future. I asked her questions about this election that has kept the American adult population a buzz. Both candidates are household names and both could hold the key to our children's future. Most of the time we cancel children out of election talk because they "may not know much" about the topic but its quite the contrary. They may not watch the news or listen to the debates but they listen to their parents debate on who they favor and they watch their parents get riled up over decisions that the candidates have made. The power of words influence our children to extreme lengths and proves another cliche true that "Parents are a child's first teacher". Here is the interview:



Me: How do you feel about the presidential election that is going on?
Iniko: I feel pretty good about it because Obama is winning and I respect that.
Me: So you are an Obama supporter?
Iniko: Yes I am!
Me: Why is it that you support Barack Obama, what is it that you like about his leadership abilities?
Iniko: Well lets see..... I not only support Obama because he is black but also because he makes some very good points.
Me: Like what?
Iniko: Like when he said "Americans can work together to pursue a better future."I believe that we can do that.
Me: What better future are you looking forward to? What is it that you would like to see change?
Iniko: Well our health care because not a lot of people have health care, and the Iraq war so many honorable soldiers are getting killed and i think we should stop that, and gas prices, they used to be as much as a stick of gum but now its how much u pay for 16 bag of chips!!
Me: I see what you mean. So I'm wondering why don't you support McCain? Can't he fix those problems too?
Iniko: Well you might not like this reason but i don't support him because he's white and we've had enough white presidents already. We need a change just like Obama says.
Me: I understand. Thank you so much Iniko for all your help.
Iniko: Thank you.