Get Your Kids to Care About the Environment by Helping Them Form a Relationship With Nature
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My family is evidence that it's difficult to wholeheartedly care about the environment until you have a real relationship with it. I mean, why care about something you don't fully understand or even appreciate? For me, it was difficult to tell my kids that they should try to protect the environment before we habitually immersed ourselves in nature.
Before the pandemic, sure, we recycled. When we saw trash on the ground, we picked it up. Each year, we talked about Earth Day (which happens to be on my birthday, too), composted our food, and even planted a garden. But pre-COVID, it felt like I was lecturing my kids about the importance of the environment . . . instead of them experiencing it.