Moms and dads were in the crowd for Barack Obama.
Ilina Ewen, clad in a tTshirt reading "Obama mammas," said the Illinois senator's campaign has provided her with an opportunity to educate her two sons about civic duties.
"It's an opportunity to bring our children into the fold of civic responsibility," the Raleigh mother said, explaining that her parents always stressed the importance of voting. "It is our right, it is our duty and it is our responsibility."
Ewen and friends Molly and Will Feichter recently made a video about parents supporting Obama to distribute to friends. The video also is posted on Ewen's blog, dirt&noise.
Will Feichter said Obama's campaign also has allowed him to talk to his three children about difficult issues such as race. He said the family watched Obama's race speech in Pennsylvania together.
"The issues are complicated, and they need to be looked at from all angles," he said. "This is the first candidate that I've really believed speaks to Americans as if we are adults."
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