On the drive to preschool this morning, I turned on a news radio station and explained to my daughter what today was all about. “Rock Rama became president,” my 4-year-old told me. Her grandmother told her a bit about the inauguration yesterday so she had heard the name.

I did correct her pronunciation of the new president’s name.

“Is Barack Obama a girl?” she asked. I explained, no, he’s not and there have been no “girl” presidents.

“But you could be president if you want.” I told her.

“No, I don’t want to be president,” she responded.

After asking me if Barack Obama was nice, and explaining, “Yes, he seems to be a very nice guy.” I told her another fact: “He’s a dad.”

I think that impressed her more than anything. “REALLY?” Then she handed me her vtech camera and said, “There’s my dad. I made him a frog” (The camera allows the kids to add cartoons to pictures.)

Yup. Just divide “boys” and “girls” into moms and dads, and you can pretty much explain anything.