Here here! If we expect our children to become adult participants in the political system, we need to build democratic values into their lives as they grow up, not when they grow up...Democracies are much more fragile methods of government than authoritarian systems where people simply do what they are told. Thriving democracies exist only with continuous infusions of ideas, respect of shared values, and understood responsibilities of citizenship. We can't expect our children to continue this tradition without becoming part of it. Making politics a continuing part of the school curriculum will be the first step toward thwarting apathy.