I think that keeping kids home today will be powerful for the kids. If you keep them home and tell them exactly why (THIS president does not love America, THIS president thinks the Constitution is bad, THIS president has bad friends, etc.), it’ll be an event they’ll never, ever forget. It could focus their thinking about politics throughout their lifetimes.
Yes, it will be ingrained in their psyches and they will remember Mom and Dad’s convictions on this just as I remember my parents’ and grandparents’ utter disregard for FDR’s policies. At first, I thought that parents should call their kids in sick, but the more I think about it, they should be honest and take whatever punitive licks the schools hand out for unexcused absences. Might not be a bad idea for some parents to do some research about home or private schools.