What do kids think of Barack Obama?

Answer 1

It depends on the kids. Most kids probably like him, because they see him a lot on TV (and they also see his wife). The majority of kids don't know much about politics, so they mainly think Mr. Obama is somebody familiar; they learned his name in school, and when they see him, they know who he is. Some young minority kids are probably very pleased that the president is someone with the same skin color as they have, but again, there is no evidence kids analyze what color a president ought to be.

That said, unfortunately, some parents seem to feel the need to impose their own political views on their kids, such that the kids are expressing what the parents think of Mr. Obama. In the ideal universe, parents would not teach their kids to love or to hate the president; rather, they should teach their kids to respect him because he is the leader of our country. Kids will have plenty of time when they get older to decide if he was a good president or a bad president. For now, it seems to me that allowing kids to be innocent of partisan attitudes is probably for the best.