Should parents teach their children about politics?

[BerkshireLocalEditor]

Discuss!
Why yes? Why no? Benefits/Disadvantages?
At what age?
Why isn't it taught in schools?

Yes, definitely. You only have to look at the abysmal turn out rates for the recent election to see that this isn't high on the agenda for many.

I don't see how anyone can feel a part of a society in which they have had no say. People are disenfranchising themselves constantly by failing to add themselves to the electoral role, or to arrange for a postal vote if they are away.

Worse still, so many people seem to rely on the tabloids to tell them what the policies are or mean - very few people seem to do any research on their candidates or know even what they are voting for.

Teaching our children is a must if we are to avoid another generation of apathetic voters, content to let politics happen around them.

electoral roll*. Ahem. As you were.

Well, I've impressed DS's civic duties on him endlessly and dragged him to the voting booth with me since he could walk. As it happens he knows a reasonable amount about politics. They have learned about parliament, political parties etc at school as part of their PSHE lesson, including about the EU Parliament. He is in Y4.