"Vote for the Yankees or I'll KILL YOU!"
My son's elementary school is having a learn to vote sort of thing to help teach kids about the Democratic the kids to vote process (not to be confused with the Democratic Party in MI and FL :hihi:). . So they're voting for a team (Yankees, Mets, or Phillies) and they will be naming their hotdogs after that team. (I'm not making this up; see the letter from the Principal below.)*
Anyway, my first-grade son (he's my oldest) tells me yesterday one of the kids who is his age but was held back from first grade (they call it TP or Transitional Placement) mentions to him on the bus ride home that if he doesn't vote for the Yankees, he'll kill him.
My wife and I are friendly with the kids parents; they've been to our home and we've been to theirs a couple of times and we see them at Church.
Question: Should we mention this to the Parents or just leave it alone? I know kids say some crazy things...but is Kindergarten/First grade a bit too early for this type of language? Would you as a parent want to know about this if your kid said it?
* The Letter explaining the vote:
- - - - - - - - - -
Kids Vote Letter to Parents<o></o>
Your student is participating in a project called Kids Vote <st1:country-region><st1>USA</st1></st1:country-region> involving students at all grade levels in the <st1:country-region><st1>United States</st1></st1:country-region>. Kids Vote will bring students to their official polling places on Tuesday, April 15
<o></o><o></o>
The Kids Vote mission fosters informed political dialogue among students and the adults in their lives, and we hope that your household will talk together about politics and government, and in election years, about candidates. Research has shown us that one of the most valuable and enduring results of the Kids Vote program is sustained and thoughtful study of the news; if you and your student watch the television news or read the paper together, you will be patterning the most basic skill of citizenship.<o></o>
This April our students will chose which professional baseball team to honor at their school by naming the weekly hotdog during the month of May for that team. Our mission is to teach students to vote and watch their parents do the same. In November we will hold “mock presidential elections” in each school.<o></o><o></o>
Kids Vote is a wonderful vehicle for fulfilling our mutual responsibilities to help your child become an active citizen.<o>
</o><o></o>
Thank you for your continued support.<o></o>