America's obsession with politicizing our children has got to stop

[Ptarmigan]

America's obsession with politicizing our children has got to stop
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americas-obsession-politicizing-our-children-has-got-stop

At my South Side Chicago summer camp, we just wrapped eight weeks of pure, unfiltered childhood joy. Kids splashed at water parks, explored the countryside, learned financial literacy, and crafted speeches to build confidence. Not once did politics creep into the picture. That’s how it should be—a sanctuary where kids can be kids, free from the divisive noise of adult agendas.

So, imagine my shock hearing about the summer camp my friend’s daughter attended. Nestled in a century-old mountain paradise of trees and lakes, it looked like the all-American camp—until it wasn’t.

On the Fourth of July, my friend’s 12-year-old daughter proudly wore an American flag shirt, a nod to her family’s journey from slavery and segregation to freedom and opportunity. They’re a family that knows America’s flaws but still sees her as the greatest nation on Earth.

At breakfast, another camper confronted her about the flag shirt. "How can you believe in a country that has done horrible things to your people?" the girl demanded. She then parroted social justice buzzwords about "white privilege" and "systemic racism and called celebrating the Fourth pointless until "true equality" is achieved.

It is a children's summer camp. There should be no politics. They should be having fun. Case closed!

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America's obsession with politicizing our children EVERYTHING has got to stop

Yes, politicizing children is a significant, ugly symptom of the disease, but the base cancer is too many people across the political spectrum (yeah, there's "fellow conservatives" who are just as guilty as the parents of transgender toddlers) making every bloody little thing political.  Movies, books, schools, games, sports, some people, a small but very freaking loud group, have to inject their political stances into all parts of life, and it makes life miserable for the rest of us.  Twitter turned into a floating dumpster fire when the lefty "politics is life" folks were overrunning it, the site turned into a different floating dumpster fire when Musk bought it and a lot of righty "politics is life" folks started overrunning it.  Same with Reddit, there's plenty of people complaining about how every sub

Obviously, I follow and pay attention to and like to discuss and even debate vigorously about politics, but I put that down frequently and don't let it color every aspect of my life.