Teaching our children about important elements of our government seem important.? I was just watching a podcast (which one is not really important) and they mentioned something that got me to thinking.? The idea they mentioned was that many of the younger population doesn’t care about freedom of speech protections.
Now, of course, whenever I hear about studies on any topics being mentioned as casually as this subject was mentioned on the podcast, I don’t give it too much credibility.? There are too many variables about studies from the time frame of the study, the participants in the study, the scientists controlling the study, the questions in the study, any expectations of the study, the sponsors of the study that may or may not affect the study results.
All of that being given, I just wondered if parents today (me included) are educating our children about some of the key freedoms that our government has given to our citizens.? We live under a President that has done a lot, in the name of protecting us from terrorism, to shrink or even eliminate some of these protections.
What are the key protections that you take for granted?
I want to teach my sons about freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the preamble of the declaration which to me denotes the right to many things such as privacy.
It is important to be vigilant.? If we are not willing to be vigilant against those who wish to take these protections from us, then perhaps we do not deserve them.