Savvy: Where were you last night?
Mommy: At a work reception.
S: Where?
M: At Stirling Castle.
[Savvy very frightened and upset – too many story books about nasty royal family members]
S: Were the King and Queen there?
M: No, there are no more Kings and Queens there.
S: Why?
M: There use to be more Kings and Queens and they were leaders of the land. They built big strong castles up high so no one could take away their leadership. But the system was unfair because the leaders were chosen by which family they were born into. So the people decided on a new system – Government. In government, we can choose our leader based on skill.
S: How do we choose our leader?
M: We vote. The person with the most votes gets to be our leader.
S: Who gets to vote?
M: Mommies and Daddies, Aunties, Nonno and other adults.
[Without missing a beat]
S: Why not children?
M: Some people think children are too young to know how to choose a good leader.
S: The leader should be nice, not naughty. The leader should have good listening ears and not tell tales.
...hmmm, maybe children should have a vote!?
Mommy: At a work reception.
S: Where?
M: At Stirling Castle.
[Savvy very frightened and upset – too many story books about nasty royal family members]
S: Were the King and Queen there?
M: No, there are no more Kings and Queens there.
S: Why?
M: There use to be more Kings and Queens and they were leaders of the land. They built big strong castles up high so no one could take away their leadership. But the system was unfair because the leaders were chosen by which family they were born into. So the people decided on a new system – Government. In government, we can choose our leader based on skill.
S: How do we choose our leader?
M: We vote. The person with the most votes gets to be our leader.
S: Who gets to vote?
M: Mommies and Daddies, Aunties, Nonno and other adults.
[Without missing a beat]
S: Why not children?
M: Some people think children are too young to know how to choose a good leader.
S: The leader should be nice, not naughty. The leader should have good listening ears and not tell tales.
...hmmm, maybe children should have a vote!?
I can see the royalty topic coming up a lot in the next few weeks and it going the way of our attempt to explain evolution and the monkey business (ie, very badly). But we haven't had to get to jesters, beheadings and the detail on why we still have a Queen on the streets yet.
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