This afternoon my 10-year-old grandson came over after school. I was meeting with a client at our house so he went in and got on my computer to do some homework. He told me he had a social studies project...his instructions were to 'do a special project'. He claimed that after considerable thought he'd decided to write a new constitution. I'm thinking that he may have had the Bill of Rights in mind as he pursued his noble ambition but, in any case, it provided me with a glimpse into what my 10-year-old is thinking these days.
I've been smiling about it and thinking about it ever since he showed it to me. Perhaps I'm amused because he's my grandson and I find almost everything he does to be fascinating. But if you check through my diary history you'll see that I'm not normally compelled to write a diary every time he does something. In fact, I don't believe that I've ever written about him. Tonight, though, I thought you'd like to see what it might look like if 10-year-olds ruled the world.
Here is his work:
Dear United States,
I would like to tell you about my new Constitution. My first law is for there to be no homework on the weekends. My second law is to make it where kids do not have to do chores. My third law is that parents can have all of the money they want. My fourth law is kids can drive at any age. My fifth law is that all kids get a tree house. My sixth law is that kids get whatever they want. My seventh law is for pollution to be against the law. My eighth law is that every kid in the world has a home with food and water. My ninth law is that every kid gets an in ground pool. My tenth and final law is that every kid in the world has a very good school.
As you can see we spend time in the weeds and in the clouds here. All children have food and water, a good school, a tree-house and an in-ground pool. Oh, and grown-ups do okay too.