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Articles By Syndicated Columnist
Dan Thomas
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Improvement Inside And Out
Instilling
Environmental Values In Your Children
It has been our experience that children understand green issues
sometimes even better than adults do. Children's curiosity about the world gives
then a natural empathy for the state of the environment, for the plight of the
animals within it and even for the situations faced by children in developing
countries. When children feel that there's something they can do to help or to
make a difference, they usually go to it with enthusiasm.
The most effective way to teach your children to live a green lifestyle -
with care and consideration for the environment, animals, and people with whom
they share the world - is to live that lifestyle yourself and become a
life-sized example. When kids see you picking up trash from the park even
though you weren't the one who dropped it, they see value in keeping the
public places clean, When they see you volunteering your time for a worthy
cause, they see that giving back to society is worthwhile and important.
From walking them to school to finding ways to reduce your family's trash,
every choice that you make helps your children to make green choices, too.
Involving them in decision making - in an age-appropriate way. of course,,
also helps them to learn how to continue making even bigger green decisions as
they get older. After all they grow up green, a sustainable lifestyle will
come naturally to them, allowing them to pass that along to their friends,
colleagues, and eventually their own children. that creates a very positive,
long lasting ripple effect.
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