Kasie, Jessica, Melissa, and Alex all get in on the action in this episode about teaching your kids how to think, not what to think. Here are the show notes:
Main idea: The third party protest, swimming against popularity for principle
- The purpose and scope of the podcast
- What they can expect in each episode
- Who we are:
- I’m Kasie, I’m in Columbia, and I am a champion for new causes — I played two sports that were clubs before going varsity (lacrosse and rowing) and I teach entrepreneurship; I’m a sucker for newbies and risk-takers.
- I’m Jessica, and I live in the Upstate of SC. I am principled and passionate about the things that are important to me. I have never cared enough about popularity to be willing to sacrifice my principles for it. I am also a sucker for shopping, drinking wine, and taking naps.
- Alex – an LP candidate in Charleston and mom to 1 yr-old Perry.
- Melissa – I’m a work from home mom of 3 in the lowcountry. We just finished 4th grade Social Studies which is the founding of the country. My son got an earful after each lesson.
- Today’s topic: School of Free Thought Part 2
- Beginning anecdote — Kasie’s story about Hollie rejecting the Scholastic newspaper for promoting the duopoly in 2016
- The arguments against the 3rd party (i.e. “wasting” a vote)
- The parties are private entities and now they’re in control of the government. Rigging the game for their own interests.
- Helping the kids understand how voting works
- Mechanics and tactics
- Jess notes: I take my kids with me every time I vote, and we discuss the candidates and importance of exercising the right
- KW — Hollie was with me during the Obama vote (chest carrier) but I haven’t taken her since.
- Mechanics and tactics
- Fanship and supporting an underdog
- KW — so we’re Clemson fans and it’s easy to love football when you’re winning. But “winning” in elections is about achievement — when I started voting Libertarian, we didn’t have a Presidential candidate on every ballot. Last election cycle, we did. Incremental improvements are the same as “winning” when we’re trying to build a new political party. And yes, that’s what we’re doing: siphoning off the like-minded people from the existing party to create a new one. And possibly dissolve one of the existing ones.
- Why winning is subjective and how foundational progress can be to a third party
- Continuing the work of those who came before us
- Jess notes: Children as torches reference
- Continuing the work of those who came before us
- Why these are Libertarian ideas — if we haven’t covered that already, let’s put it into context for them. Staying with our Libertarian niche will earn more audience than straying from the advertised brand of parenting advice.
- Coming up on the next episode: Crayons, Coloring Books and Colorblind Parenting
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParentingPorcupines
Parenting Porcupines 