My 14 year old daughter...

[zenabby]

Wanted me to turn on the radio..I had muted it, due to the language and implications. I told her it was not appropriate. She was taken aback, and told me that she was in high school now, and was a big girl and could handle things, I should let her listen. So I turned up the volume. She heard for a few minutes and told me : "Mommy, please turn it off". I cried in my heart.

My 10 year old daughter does not understand the meaning, and keeps asking me to explain it. I have banned both from watching the debate live today (in spite of it being homework at school). I will record it and then decide.

It's a really sad state of affairs.

[BlueWarrior]

1. Since when is a political debate required school homework?

[obamanut2012]

2. It was in both high scool and college for me

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Reasonable for older students. I have a son in high school taking an "Elections" class.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. In the past there was a lot less need to be ready to bleep out 'political discourse'

We had debate watch homework certainly by middle school. (Of course I already had a file full of clipped articles -from actual newspapers- to back my particular viewpoints!)

[obamanut2012]

4. I believe you should talk to her about it

Including the existence of rape culture and misogynism. It's more about the bragging of sexual assault than "lewd: words. Tell her, and let her as the questions. She's ten, that's old enough.

[cally]

5. Better to hear about it from you then at school

then you can tell her your family values and how wrong this is. When my kids were that age, I was always shocked when years later I heard about what was discussed and done at a very young age by some of their friends.

[Cakes488]

6. I would explain it...she is asking you. It's actually really great that your daughter is

coming to you with questions. A lot of kids don't have that kind (or want) of relationship with their parents.

[TeamPooka]

8. I'd like to know how the excuse note for the homework assignment reads. :)