11. Don't ever vote for a Democrat.
12. Never bet on the New York Giants to win or lose a game. They'll always screw ya'!
You are most certainly right. We don't preach politics to our children, but when I told my 8-year old daughter than one party likes to redistribute income by collecting lots of taxes, while the other thinks people should keep what they earn and earn what they need, she was firmly and adamantly in the latter camp! Even when framed that income redistribution is generous, she knew enough to say that INDIVIDUALS should do the giving, not the GOVERNMENT.
I think most children have far too much common sense to believe in leftist sh-t but public education and American colleges tap into a teenager's natural proclivity to rebel and turns them into liberals by age 21.