Is Donald Trump's insult-driven campaign making children meaner to each other?

[Blue3]

Yes.

There's already even been studies on this.

And working in a school, we're getting a lot of "but Trump said it!"

[Blue3]

Yes.

There's already even been studies on this.

And working in a school, we're getting a lot of "but Trump said it!"

Interesting.  Would you mind elucidating what sort of things the children might attribute to Trump?  I have read reports of children ganging up on others of Latino heritage with threats of deportation.  Certainly I understand that people like Fuzzy Bear won't take this seriously, but it leaves me with many concerns.

Definitely threatening that Hispanic-looking people will get "deported" or calling them a future rapist because they "look Mexican" (even if they aren't).

There's also a small minority of Muslims here too. In the elementary school where my mom works, some of the parents were crying to her at Parent/Teacher night, asking how likely is it that they'll be forced out if Trump becomes President, if there would be a way for their daughter to stay and complete her education in the United States, does he really have a good chance of winning, etc. (And they aren't recent refugees, they've been here for a while, have been identifying themselves as Americans, mostly from Jordan I think).

[Blue3]

Yes.

There's already even been studies on this.

And working in a school, we're getting a lot of "but Trump said it!"

Interesting.  Would you mind elucidating what sort of things the children might attribute to Trump?  I have read reports of children ganging up on others of Latino heritage with threats of deportation.  Certainly I understand that people like Fuzzy Bear won't take this seriously, but it leaves me with many concerns.

Definitely threatening that Hispanic-looking people will get "deported" or calling them a future rapist.

There's also a small minority of Muslims here too. Not in my case where I work, but in the elementary school where my mom works, some of the parents were crying to her at Parent/Teacher night, asking how likely is it that they'll be forced out if Trump becomes President, if there would be a way for their daughter to stay and complete her education in the United States, does he really have a good chance of winning, etc. (And they aren't recent refugees, they've been here for a while, have been identifying themselves as Americans, mostly from Jordan I think).

It is not clear, whether it is caused by Trump, or by those kids' Trumpista parents.

I have an Indian friend, who is married to a Chinese woman - so the family does not, really, fit into any ethnic enclave in particular. Being rich, they chose to live in a lily-white exurb: you know, good schools and such. Well, long before this election, they overheard parents of other kids on the playground mumbling: "he will grow up to be a terrorist" about their child. Those nice white folks did not need Trump to say these things.

In my case, in a high school, the kids explicitly mention Trump.

[Blue3]

Yes.

There's already even been studies on this.

And working in a school, we're getting a lot of "but Trump said it!"

Link(s) please?

I know there's more, but from a simple search:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-trump-effect-is-contaminating-our-kids--and-could-resonate-for-years-to-come/2016/03/07/594a7f46-e47a-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/01/us/midwest-trump-school-chants/index.html

https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/splc_the_trump_effect.pdf