Don't say mean things: Kids write to Trump, ask him to be a kind president

November 17, 2016 21:18

In the wake of a bitter presidential race whose aftermath has brought only more vitriol, many parents have found it difficult to draw out any positive aspects of the election to teach their children.

But the day after Election Day, Molly Spence Sahebjami tried to do just that. The Seattle mother started a Facebook group called Dear President Trump: Letters from Kids About Kindness.

The idea? To have children write letters to President-elect Donald Trump about the importance of being kind to other people, even if theyre different than you are, according to a description on the groups Facebook page.

Sahebjami, who lives in a state where voters overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton, said she knew many who disapproved of Trumps vulgar language.

Children dont know anything about the issues, like manufacturing jobs, she said in a phone interview with The Washington Post. But they know at least where I live, its really prevalent [for kids] to say, Oh, hes the mean one.

The idea started with her own son, a kindergarten student who said he was concerned about things Trump had said about Muslims, because the family has relatives of Iranian descent.

So I said to him, Well maybe we should write a letter to him and we can show him, Sahebjami said. Why dont you talk to him about why its important to be kind?

She added: It was very simplistic, at a 5-year-old level, where I started.

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