Helping Children Think Green   Helping Children Think “Green”
Being environmentally friendly is a growing habit that only
seems to be picking up steam. As more parents start to make
greener choices for their families, many also wonder how they
can help their children to think green. Guiding children to
making greener choices in their lives will help them to be more
environmental now, and when they are grown. Waste Not, Want Not
Parents know that kids can be notorious wasters. Water,
electricity, ketchup on their fries. Give kids a chance and they
will often use more than their fair share. Though it can be easy
to get frustrated with them, the reality is that many just do
not understand the vast impact that running the water can do.
Young children have very finite views of the world, and may not
be able to see how their small actions here could affect others
out there.  To get kids to think green, parents need to take the
time to explain how their actions affect the bigger picture.
This may be hard to do, es