Michelle Glogovac

Because my children and yours deserve a leader who is kind

My reason for supporting Kamala Harris is simple: my children. 

Kindness and politics aren't normally two things that go together, but they should. A kind leader is one who will stand up for what is right, while also listening to all sides. A kind leader knows right from wrong and isn’t afraid to put the needs of others before their own. 

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are two individuals who stand up for others, help their neighbors, fight for the rights of others, and protect people. To put it simply, they are kind. The values they have and stand for are ones that I epitomize, strive toward, hope to be remembered for, and want my children to embody.

Being kind is such a simple thing, yet many have forgotten what it means. It is one of the first lessons we teach our children. We want them to be kind to those they meet on the playground, be polite to their teachers and adults, respect other kids, stand up for themselves and others, and not name-call. We ask a lot of our children, yet we’ve seen the opposite behavior from someone who was formerly the president of our country. It’s time we give our children a better role model.

My children and yours deserve a leader who is not only kind, but a president who will ensure they don’t have to fight for the rights and freedom that we’ve already fought for. They deserve to benefit from an education and to read books. ALL books. They deserve to go to school and come home every single day without the threat or fear of being shot. They deserve to never go hungry or without medical care. They deserve to love whomever they want and decide for themselves if and when they will have children of their own. My daughter and yours deserve to have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. They deserve the right to practice whatever religion they choose and feel safe and respected while exercising the same rights toward others. 

I support Kamala Harris because she will protect my rights, your rights, my children’s rights, the rights of future generations, and the rights of everyone in America. Kamala Harris is joy, kindness, decency, and a leader we can look up to.

Michelle Glogovac is a podcast publicist, author of How to Get on Podcasts (McGraw Hill, 2024), host of the award-winning podcast My Simplified Life, founder and CEO of The MLG Collective®, wife, mom of two, and stepmom of two.