Erika Kirk, widow of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, issued a stark call to parents on Thursday to “step up” and counter online radicalization and political violence, saying during a CBS News town hall that many adults are failing to guide their children in a deeply polarized political era.
Speaking alongside CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss at the primetime event set to air on CBS on Saturday, Dec. 13, Kirk urged parents to be more vigilant about what their children are exposed to online and to take responsibility for their influence on young minds.
“When you become a father, when you become a mother, how are you raising your kids? Are you taking responsibility, or are you giving them a device and saying, ‘Go down that rabbit hole. I’m trying to go to Pilates class,'” Kirk said in the conversation.
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