School to kids: Government is your family
...Fourth graders at East Prairie School in Skokie, Illinois were given a worksheet that asked “What Is Government?”

The correct answer, according to the handout:

“Government is like a nation’s family. Families take care of children and make sure they are safe, healthy and educated, and free to enjoy life. Families encourage children to be independent hardworking and responsible. Families make and enforce rules, and give appropriate punishments when rules are broken. Families make and enforce rules and give appropriate punishments when rules are broken. Government does these things for its citizens, too.”

The worksheet then quizzed students about how the government can keep them safe and healthy in the same ways that their parents do....