Kids don’t have to say the pledge and they should be informed of that. They aren’t.

My daughter has refused to say the pledge since fifth grade, as is her legal right to do so according to SCOTUS (West Virginia v. Barnette 1943). She came to this idea totally on her own, I didn’t prompt her at all. She just said to me, “I think it’s stupid to say a pledge to a flag.” I was proud of her and supported her. I had to get involved with her teacher because she got in trouble over it.

She’s in seventh grade now and still refuses to say it. Kids give her a hard time about it constantly, but she is adamant that she is not going to say a pledge to a flag.

She’s also old enough now to know what that flag stands for and is even less inclined.