Children write letters to Trump, begging him to be kind

  'Kids in my class are very scared. Please don't kick them out': Children across America write heartbreaking letters to Donald Trump expressing their fears and teaching him about kindness

It may be the anti-Trump protests that are grabbing headlines, but children across the country are hoping to get the attention in a different way. A good old-fashioned letter.
Kids throughout America are busting out their cursive and best illustrations in an effort to teach Trump a lesson about kindness.
Their work is being collected and displayed on the Facebook group 'Dear President Trump: Letters From Kids About Kindness.'

Kids throughout America are busting out their cursive and best pictures in an effort to teach Trump lessons about kindness using handwritten letters.

 

Their work is being collected and displayed on the Facebook group 'Dear President Trump: Letters From Kids About Kindness'

Seattle mother Molly Spence Sahebjami started the group the day after the election, inspired by her own five-year-old son's concerns over the new president-elect.
The kindergartner was worried because the family had relatives who were of Iranian descent. The child had heard Trump's comments about Muslims.
That's when Sahebjami suggested he write a letter to Trump, telling him: 'Why don't you talk to him about why it's important to be kind?'
So he did, asking Trump to 'please be a good president' and 'be kind to all people'.
'Some people in my family are a special religion and they are not bad guys,' the young boy added.
After reading her son's letter, Sahebjami realized the project could be both an outlet and a lesson for the many children who were suddenly worried about their families and friends.
'This is an opportunity to seize and teach our children how to be articulate and productive communicators,' Sahebjami told The Washington Post.

One little boy named Tomas asked that Trump be kind to gay people, like his two mothers
 

 A six-year-old named Szaba sweetly advised Trump that 'meditation, reading and resting' might help calm him down the way they help her

Nine-year-old Ada was worried about her African American friends, telling Trump she didn't want 'anything to happen to them'

 

But Sahebjami set some ground rules for the group. She wanted to children to tell their 'own story', focusing on how Trump's presidency 'affects them 'personally'.
'Please, keep it positive,' she added on the Facebook group. 'The letters should be kind in tone and non-partisan. Consider this your opportunity to persuade.'
'The power of this movement comes from the kindness and unity we can teach our children,' Sahebjami wrote.
'This isn’t about policies - it’s about high standards of basic human kindness that ALL parents can get behind.'

Some of the letters are endearingly polite, with one 13-year-old admitting to Trump that he was not her 'first pick'.
'I just wanted to tell you that I didn’t like the way you complained,' she continued. 'You made women (including myself) feel bad.'
'You discouraged people who weren’t like you. However, I am going to put those feelings aside. I hope that you will prove me wrong.'

 

Five-year-old Thalia hilariously advised Trump that the presidency was not just about 'eating chocolate', warning him that he could get a tummy ache

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Eight-year-old Audrey was concerned about her nanny's health insurance, even adding a little illustration of a bill along with an angry-looking Trump

 

 

. KELA, 7, TEACHES TRUMP 'HOW TO BE NICE' 

                             
To Mr Trump,
How to be nice!

1. Say kind things like well done
2. Don’t blame other people when it is you doing the bad thing
3. Don’t lie
4. Don’t scream at people
5. Behave
6. Don’t tell people what to do
7. Have nice manners like say thank you and no thank you
8. Listen to other people
9. Don’t talk meanly
10. Don’t hurt people
11. Help people
12. Being different is COOL!!!

More letters:
'I hope since may people dislike you, you can prove us wrong. I hope you can help every one of every race, not just white men with the same beliefs,' they continued.
'I hope that you will help maintain everyone’s rights, and give more rights equally. The country is counting on you.’
A six-year-old named Szaba sweetly advised Trump that 'meditation, reading and resting' might help calm him down the way they help her. 
'Good luck with your job!' she signs off before adding, 'let me know if I can help.' 
Some of the messages were simple, such as six-year-old Avery's note that simply asked Trump to 'please be kind and let the love shine through'. 
Others were a little more lengthy, includes seven-year-old Kela's 12-point checklist on 'How to be nice!' 
The list includes 'Don't lie', 'Behave', 'Don't tell people what to do', 'Don't talk meanly', and 'Being different is COOL!' 
Many children expressed concerns that Trump would send their Mexican friends away and begged him not to build a wall. 
'Kids in my class are very scared. Please don't kick them out,' wrote six-year-old Abby. 
'In my school we get sent to the wall when we're in trouble. My friends did not do anything wrong. Don't send them to the wall.' 
In another letter, a sixth grader asks Trump to ‘please show kindness to people no matter their race, religion, beliefs’, telling the president that he has close friends who are ‘gay, lesbian, black and Hispanic’.

 

Scarlet asked Trump to be nicer to Mexicans, even including a helpful illustration of him holding one of their hands

One mother shared a note written by her 13-year-old daughter, who said she would 'put her feelings aside' in the hopes that Trump will prove her wrong

Alex Vanek from Chicago simply asked Trump: 'Don't you trust in women?' while seven-year-old Kela wrote him a 12-point checklist on 'How to be nice!'

And one letter had a very important lesson hidden inside:
'Making mistakes is okay but please stop making so many mistakes,' five-year-old Thalia wrote. 'Really: It's not just about eating chocolate.' 'You'll get a tummy ache.'

The group began with 200 friends that Sahebjami had invited, but has since blown up to 10,000.
The mother is hoping the letters will actually be sent off to Trump, a father himself of 10-year-old Barron, and that they may actually inspire some change.

'If he got bags and bags of letters from kids, he would see that those are everyday Americans who want to hold him to high standards of basic human kindness,' she said.

'I would hope that he would be affected by that.'