I'm telling my 14-year-old daughter that she's allowed to stay up late tomorrow night

[scheming daemons]

This is history. This is something I want her to vividly remember for the rest of her life.

I want tomorrow night ingrained in her psyche when she's in her 30s and trying to get Chelsea Clinton elected. ;-)



If ever there was a time when the household "rules" should be allowed to be broken, it's tomorrow night.


Let your kids witness history. Save next week's Time and Newsweek. Decades from now, they'll thank you for it.

[IndianaJones]

1. I'm taking my 6, 9 and 11 year olds to Grant Park till the party is over. nt.

[Sequoia]

5. Lucky you.

I would so love to be there too. Have loads of fun!

[WI_DEM]

2. Good for you! it is history.

[BklynChick]

3. my 6yo daughter asked me to put a note on her desk in the middle of the night as to who won!

[livetohike]

4. She will remember it for the rest of her life

My parents let me stay up for JFK-Nixon....I was eight years old.

[ourbluenation]

6. I'm letting my 15 yr old a wee glass of champagne! And she's going in the votin gbooth w me and

punching the ballot for Obama - she's so excited!

[hisownpetard]

7. That's gonna be a memory worth cherishing!

[LynneSin]

8. Hey did you guys have a McCain ad run that was borderline racist?

A woman I was working with at the Obama HQ here in Philly was absolutely devastated because her brother from Western PA called and said McCain ran some really bad ads out there that pretty much were using racism.

[fizzgig]

9. you are absoluetly right about tomorrow night being the night to break those rules

she will remember it for the rest of her life :)

[psychobueller]

10. I am taking my 3 1/2 year old daughter to the polls with me tomorrow...

so her first memory of voting wil be this one!

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Totally Agree if she is into it let her

There is normally a lot of excitement at school the next day with elections
which is something she should witness and I think this year
will out do all the other elections I've seen in my lifetime.

[youthere]

12. Yup.. We're having a family "pizza party" in the living room...

for the same reason. The kids get to stay up late and they already know we'll be watching election returns. We'll celebrate together and if needs be..I will let them stay home from school on Wednesday to catch up on their sleep.

[Eurobabe]

15. teach them young

that VOTING matters! :thumbsup:

[Eurobabe]

13. Good call, I'd do the same

we will all be witnessing something larger than life. I can't WAIT!! :applause: :applause:

[GoesTo11]

14. We're telling our kids already that they're sleeping in Wednesday

so they don't have to worry about staying up late.

When they're older, they must remember this day.

[jpertello]

16. My 14 year old will be voting with me!

And she will be up watching returns too! She is very concerned that the man who guarantees her a free college education gets in. And she says that at that time she will be happy to do community service in return!

[mscuedawg]

17. We took my 8 y/o to see Obama in Cleveland yesterday!!!!

She tolerated standing in line with 80,000 people for FIVE long hours and then rain for the rally but I looked at her and I told her that even tho' she doesn't understand now...we're doing this for HER!!! Its for HER future b/c SHE is OUR future!!!

I cried with very proud tears...and she will stay up as long as it takes Tuesday night!!! I want her to experience history with us!!

Thanks Scheming for your OP!

:patriot:

[skooooo]

18. Celebration time for the whole country!

:bounce:

[donheld]

19. Of course you did

It's what she should be doing.