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Only 5 days left before the first round of the presidential election: Bayard Jeunesse took the opportunity to investigate the relationship between parents, children and politics. Many parents discuss the subject with their children.
“Do you talk politics with your children?”. This is the question posed by the survey Ifop Parents, children and politicians, conducted with parents of children aged 7 to 18. For more than two thirds of respondents, the answer is “yes”.
Politics: a recurring subject within families
70% of parents do not hesitate to talk to their child about politics, including 31% “from time to time” and 30% “rarely”. We can therefore assume that the imminent presidential elections certainly represent the right time to bring up this subject at home.
But what exactly are they talking about? For 44% of parents surveyed, revealing to their child which political tendencies or party they vote for seems natural. A figure that rises to 66% among those who say they are “very interested” in politics.
In some families, this sharing even extends to the polls, since 47% of parents surveyed explain going to vote with their child, 10% even take them to the voting booth.
However, the survey does not specify whether this is a “hard-line” approach on the part of parents to introduce their child to politics or whether they do this mainly to be able to keep an eye on their child. offspring.
Raising political awareness among young people
This survey is published as part of an editorial operation by Bayard Jeunesse, aimed at raising awareness among children and teenagers about politics “before they are old enough to vote”. Among the formats offered, the podcast Hi info! produced by Astrapi in partnership with France Info.
The theme of the April 8 episode will be devoted to the theme “if I were president or president”, where children will be invited to imagine the future they would like for their country.
For the older ones, the magazine Phosphorus offers an issue 100% dedicated to the subject, as well as content on the journal’s social networks, in particular an Instagram account to understand the role of the institutions or a TikTok account to decipher the programs of the candidates.
*Survey carried out on a sample of 1,002 parents of children between the ages of 7 and 18