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    How can you teach your kids to be patriots at times like these?

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You remember the stories from history class the American revolution the drafting of our constitution the inauguration of our first president.

But these stories are almost never adopted for kids books so how can we teach America's youngest patriots about this great land of ours -- right now is Emilia.

Hamilton the author of a new book ten steps to freedom are growing patriots guide to the American revolution weren't tea and -- I love the fact that you became.

Bob -- greater amount of American history of sorts because you went shopping.

-- -- -- -- -- I wanted to run by a present for a friend's little boy period as a book about America listening to share patriotism with him and.

Couldn't really find anything why do you think candy and that's why are there not enough books teaching people in that demographic young demographic about.

This great -- of.

You know I don't know I think that there's a -- out there that that cut -- concepts or may be too old for these little ones but.

I don't think -- effort to her too early to introduce -- the patriots have some all right let's take a look at a quote out of the book.

On the fourth of July.

When you watch this guy and you see it burning bright remember what it means and why we celebrate that night.

And this whole book is in rhyme form events yet with the intention of then kids.

Memorizing it by -- -- kids -- member and to keep them a little more engaged while their parents are reading it to them as well.

Now if it's good for kids but it's also good for the parents as well because you know.

You see in those tests around the world when you compared American kids with other kids in so many kids don't know about the histories of their country.

They don't know about social studies and so -- it is gonna help with the.

I hope so and that's a lot of the reason I wrote -- -- I heard from a lot of parents after a discredit for this one little boy.

That if they wanted copies of it -- -- -- just weren't getting into the school and need to get out there.

I've got a suggestion for you and if you want kids to learn and turn it into an -- for working on that -- Scary part of the growing patriot because it does seem like -- whenever you see kid me and he's not doing what he's supposed to be doing he's always looking little phone.

-- -- Then there's and have a history half of sort -- all right very good folks that you're good at ten steps to freedom agreeing patriots -- to the American revolution.

Emilia a real pleasure thank thank you so much think you.

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