Two stunning examples of how the earnest folks over at MSNBC view children (and use them).

1) Here’s Melissa Harris-Perry explaining who your children “belong to.” Consider this is a very intentionally scripted promo piece, not a careless comment.

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And you think your kids are yours. Silly rabbit.

2) Here we get a tutorial from a super-cute little girl who lets us in on what marriage actually is, which kinds of marriages are “silly” and which are quite everyday. She does have the insight of a six-year-old.

Why didn’t they ask her what she thinkgs about marrying say . . . a unicorn, a mermaid, or any of the fabulous Disney princes.