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The 'Big Talk' to My Son about FDR [4min]

Of all the dreaded "big talks" that parents have to deliver to their kids, the discussion of politics may seem like an easy one. But that’s not so, according to writer Kate Krautkramer, who offers this essay about trying to explain her reverence for President Franklin Roosevelt to her 6-year-old son.

Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"