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OK, so I am not really channeling Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady... Well, maybe just a little bit.

Little Miss and I had a discussion today.  It went like this:

LM:  Does the President live in the capital and run the state from there?
Me:  Not exactly.  The president lives in the country's capital and runs the whole country from there.  Do you remember where the capital of America is?
LM:  Washington, DC
Me:  Right!  The governor runs the state from the state capital.
LM: Oh, OK, I get it.  So is the President in charge of all the governors?
Me:  Not exactly.  The Governors all run their states government. And the president runs all the national government stuff and works with other countries.
LM:  Oh, so it is like the Feudal system!  The President is like the King.  And then the Governors are the Lords, and then the kids are all the peasants.
Me:  The kids are the peasants?
LM:  Absolutely!  We have to follow the rules our parents give us an do what they say.
Me:  But you don't work for me.
LM:  But we do chores.

This went on for a while and i won't bother you with the rest.  Let's just say that my little lawyer of a daughter was actually able to come up with some good reasons how we still live in a Feudal society today with kids as the peasants.  Oy vey.

But at least I know she has a good understanding of a Feudal Society from our Middle Ages unit :)