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How Do You Talk to Your Kids About the Situation in Egypt?
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Protesters in Egypt are calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. Credit: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
The Washington Post published a helpful article in a easy to follow Q&A format. For example, the beginning of the answer to the question, "Why are people in Egypt so upset?" is "Mubarak has been Egypt's president for almost 30 years." (OK, that seems like a good reason for frustration.) Another interesting angle, especially for teens, is this story from September of last year, when Egyptian reformer Mohamed ElBaradei said that his enemies published his daughter's Facebook photos.
We wondered what ParentDish readers were experiencing at home with their own offspring. Are your children interested in the Egypt situation? How are you talking to them about it?
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2-21-2011 @ 12:48PM
Roadster08 said...I don't know why you call the events in Egypt terrible. What was terrible was the way the majority of Egyptians were forced to live under Mubarak. It is important for teenagers to know that freedom is not free and that democracy is hard work, when it is done properly.
First generation democracies are rarely pretty -- it takes a superior generation willing to make great sacrifices to get one up and running successfully. The sacrifices being made by this generation of Egyptians is painful, ongoing and necessary in order to accomplish the amount of reforms they want in the timeframe they want, given where they are starting.
American teenageers should be encouraged to observe the Egyptian situation so they can learn from its successes and failures. This can give them insight into the types of problem solving our own founding fathers had to go thru when establishing our American democracy.
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