Civic Involvement: A Family Affair
Parents, grandparents, and guardians: you are the most important influence
on your children’s future civic involvement and voting. There
is a lot you can do to nurture a sense of civic responsibility and engagement
in your children.
 Talk and read about our community needs, democracy,
and active citizenship with your children. Download
Kids Voting’s Family
Guide/Guía Familiar for some
ideas to get started.
- Read the newspaper with your child. Discuss
current events at dinner and other family times.
- Take your child to vote with you. Seeing
you vote – and getting to experience the voting process themselves – will
pave the road for your child to become a life-long, informed voter.
- With your child, adopt a Kids Voting poll site. Your
child will not just have the opportunity to vote, but will experience
the polls and election process from the inside. You can also volunteer with
your child at Kids Voting polls or in other educational activities.
- Visit our links page for other valuable
education and civics resources.
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