With Obama children get to experience an intimate moment with him

[lunatica]

He always gives them his undivided attention for a few seconds. And both he and the children come away better for it. The exchange of energy is easy to see.

[drm604]

1. I've yet to see a picture of Romney hugging a child.

[lunatica]

6. Here's one

But they're his children.

[jillan]

13. lol - I love that picture.

[sad sally]

17. woo woo - this one sez' it all about mr. R MONEY! truth from kids n/t

[Duval]

36. LOL!! True! n/t

[blaze]

2. Dang... I just want to caption all of them

#4... yes I can
#5... yes you can
#6... the love there, it just chokes me up

[lunatica]

8. They bring tears to my eyes too

They make your heart swell don't they?

[warrior1]

3. children know

[malaise]

4. Beautiful

Thanks

[VenusRising]

5. The photos of the President with kids always get me misty-eyed.

[FarLeftFist]

7. Last one, magical.

[lunatica]

9. It's like she's making it 'better' for him isn't it?

[blaze]

10. Yeah, that last one

what is it?

I love it... not entirely sure why... 'cause the little girl is so comfortable and confident?

[lunatica]

11. There's quite a few elements to that photo that make it stand out

Abraham Lincoln, the President who freed the slaves looking down on the first Black President in US history who through his actions is assuring the future for the child and future generations after this important historical Presidency.

[Beartracks]

19. Nailed it. n/t

[lindysalsagal]

12. Feels so good to be proud of my president

It's poetic that mittens is the total opposite of him...lol

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[jillan]

15. The last two pics - these little girls feel so safe & content in his arms.

[young_at_heart]

16. Real emotion, real smiles---children trust him

You can't make young children fake their reactions. They know he's good and that he's safe!

[blaze]

18. That kid in pic four

I want to see him in another 10 or 15 years. His face just has a boatload of confidence in it.

[siligut]

20. I feel like that kid in the last picture

Thank you for doing what is best for all of us.

[IMG][/IMG]

[struggle4progress]

21. That's the right way to deal with the stress of the Oval Office!

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Thank you for answering my hopes for just such a post!

...another great smile here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=951742

?w=655

[lunatica]

25. It was that OP that sent me looking for Obama and children photos

I've seen the interaction between President Obama and children in so many photos that I was inspired to gather a few and show them together.

Children aren't able to pretend to be drawn so close to anyone. Their reactions are spontaneous and I believe he's totally genuine in his reaction to them. He 'gets' children.

[FailureToCommunicate]

40. So true, so true

Thanks again!

[nolabear]

23. Boy. He really gets to me in these.

He could be anybody. I could have no idea who he was. And it would still be clear that he's a good, good man.

The rest is lagniappe.

[lunatica]

26. You made me learn a new word

Thank you! This is why I love DU.

[nolabear]

35. Je vous en prie.

It IS a fine word.

[Paka]

24. So beautiful. n/t

[immoderate]

27. Good photography!

Meaningful pictures.

--imm

[Skittles]

28. all those kids are gorgeous!

yes INDEED

[Chorophyll]

29. That last one...

...I'm "ded." All of them are wonderful though.

[snappyturtle]

52. OH yes! It's wonderful....the history there with the Lincoln portrait..wow! nt

[Chorophyll]

55. Yup. Lincoln makes a perfect third person in that one. :) nt

[Patiod]

30. The pic with the little boy in the blue-and-gray striped rugby shirt

Was on my bulletin board at work before the last election.

Kids absolutely react so positively to him.

I love the latest one - the little girl with the blue flower barrette in her hair.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

31. Pffft aw puhleeze. He's

just indoctrinating them one by one. You'll see he just wants to take their cute little cuddly freedom away from them.

[Omaha Steve]

32. Perhaps someday we will have another photo of the generations like this one below from 1963

(Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)

In this 1963 photo, 16 year old Bill Clinton is seen shaking the hand of then-president John F. Kennedy. Clinton was chosen as a delegate that represented the Legion boys nation from Arkansas.

[JDPriestly]

33. These children will never forget the seconds that Obama focuses on them.

In fact, their parents will never let them forget. And that is wonderful because it is based on experiences like this and the memories of them that a child's character is created.

Character is, in part, the story that we tell ourselves about who we are and what we mean in the world -- to our family, our friends, our God (if we believe in one), our country. And these children will develop their feelings about their role in the future of our country in part based on these photographs and the stories they are told about them.

Some are even old enough to remember these moments for themselves.

This is how a president should interact with children in crowds.

[lunatica]

34. I agree with you 100%

the older kids will never forget that moment.

[nevergiveup]

39. Very well said

It is what I am usually thinking when I see a picture of President Obama with a child. The moment will become a part of the child. It is magical in a beautiful way.

[xxqqqzme]

50. You are right.

My daughter, now 40, remembers her minute or 2 with Jimmy Carter in detail. She was 5.

[calimary]

37. I love the look in the face of that little boy in picture #4.

Those huge dreamy eyes looking up at the President with such hope and wonder in them. Makes you wonder if he looks at Obama and thinks - "maybe could that be ME some day?"

I LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!! Thanks for posting them!

[lunatica]

38. That photo made me think the kid might be inspired to go into politics

He's all dressed up with a tie already.

[Historic NY]

41. Little Shining stars.

[mrmpa]

42. These bring tears to my eyes............

I think about the "hope" he gives these children. When I saw him in Pittsburgh last week, there were 3 young African-American brothers in front of me with their parents. They were 11, 9 & 8. The 9 year old says he wants to be a Supreme Court Justice. According to his Mom, he had done a report for school on Brown v. Board of Education this past year & that's what he wants to be.

I also think about the hope he gives me a 55 year old white woman, and the hope for this woman's 82 year old mother, 3 brothers ages 59, 54 and 51. Along with nieces and nephews from 17 up to 31 years old.

[progressoid]

43. This young lady...

That is a great expression.

[Dalai_1]

44. These pictures reverberate

Hope and Change.!

[lunatica]

45. Imagine having all those children look at you with such love and hope and faith

And adults look at him that way too. How can it help but give him renewed strength and a deeper sense of responsibility.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

49. this one just gets the tears over the floodgates, for me

*sniff*

[arikara]

46. And then there's this one...

for contrast! Sorry, but nobody else did it yet.

[Dalai_1]

47. Priceless..talk about an excellent visual

for contrast,you sure did have the best!

[lunatica]

54. And who could ever forget McCain

[BlancheSplanchnik]

48. YEs, You can TOTALLY see the energy!!!

And that's the blindness of conservatives....they can't see LIGHT.

Really....think about it.

That's a pretty serious problem to have, and scary.

These pics are so....deeply moving. They make me cry!

[Elliemama]

51. President Obama

You really have to love this guy!

Obama 2012

[treestar]

53. That excited kid in the middle in #7

He's absolutely having a blast!