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I don't know what he's going to be speaking on, but I doubt it's going to be anything to keep your child home because of. I am a republican as well, so I am not an Obama fan, but you know it is really important that our children learn to think for themselves and form their own opinions. That's something my child has been struggling with only not with us, with her friends. She tends to just go along with whatever her friends say, but we've really been trying to stress with her the importance of thinking for herself and taking what her friends say and processing it on her own as to whether what they're saying sounds right or wrong. And kids need to be able to do that with adults as well, especially the president since they will be able to vote someday. So, I would just talk with your child and tell her that you know that her daddy doesn't like Obama, but it's still important to hear what he has to say because he's our country's leader. Stress that she doesn't have to like him, but that she just needs to listen and form her own opinions about him and whatever it is he's talking about.