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.
It is amazing how they view the world and people at that age. I love that she calls him Rock Rama. My 3 year old just told us at dinner that “RockaBama” was speaking on TV today