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Dear Kids,

I get why you love Bernie and not Hillary. Bernie is like your fun, wisecracking grandpa who encourages you to dream big as he takes you out for a Ben and Jerry’s once a month. Hillary is like your mom who nags you every day to do your homework. But do you really want to make Grandpa Bernie your president instead of Hillary? Let’s think about it.

Grandpa Bernie does seem to be good at one important part of the job: figuring out the main problem facing the country (economic inequality). Whether or not he would be able to do anything about it is another matter. In the past he has proven ineffective as a senator, and as president he would be running into the same Republican obstinacy that Obama has been unable to crack.

And then there’s the rest of the job — managing a massive bureaucracy, directing foreign policy, commanding the military, responding to emergencies, and uniting the country (as much as possible). That, to me, sounds much more like a job for a practical mom, not a daydreaming grandpa.

Don’t get me wrong — I love Grandpa Bernie. He’s adorable, he’s as funny as his doppelganger, comedian Larry David, and he says all the right things. But as a mom myself, I know that there is more to running a household (or a country) than being a nice guy, and that sometimes you have to tell people things they don’t want to hear.

Hillary might tell you to comb your hair, stand up straight, and cut your toenails — things Grandpa Bernie doesn’t care much about — but deep down, you know it’s for your own good.

I admit Hillary isn’t always a barrel of laughs and might not be the person you would most want to hang out with and have a beer, but we tried that with GW Bush, and you see where that got us. So I urge you to give the old lady a chance, despite any deep-seated issues you might have with your own mother.