A post up at Politico is entitled Let Kids Rock the Vote is not your usual post though the idea is hardly a fresh one to those of us aging homeschoolers who read John Holt and others so many years ago. Still it is a surprise to find on the web even if it is something of a joke.
Germany Considers Voting Rights for Kids is not as recent but still good. For the record, I am not sure kids voting will ensure their rights are preserved; the vote alone doesn't mean a society has functioning democracy on a significant level. And I don't see it as a way for kids to run things: children live within relationships, if they're lucky, and voting will be influenced by families a great deal. And that's fine. But I do think that a society that includes children in their daily lives will have greater mental health for everyone and a truly strong social life and that builds social capital which is an economic strength.
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