Out of the Mouths of Babes…
Yesterday, my 7-year-old daughter and I were relaxing on the couch with my son who was recovering from surgery. Because he was still wallowing in the shock of what had occurred the day before (how do you prepare a 4-year-old for testicular surgery?), he got to choose what we watched. Of course he selected his favourite commercial-free preschool station and between shows, they mentioned that they had a fantastic Earth Day lineup of all of his favourite cartoons. My daughter turned to me with a dumbfounded expression…
“Why would television promote Earth Day? That’s kinda dumb. There isn’t anything Earth Day about TV!”
It is nice to see that even a 7-year-old would pick up on that concept! I realize that TV can be a great medium to spread the news of a cause as important as Earth Day. But promoting an all-day lineup of cartoons talking about nature?
Just send the kids outside.
I am now going offline for the rest of the day.
HAPPY EARTH DAY!
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You have a clever little one there!
We went off line as well! We had a 3 step plan to make earth Day more meaningful. I know everyday should be earth Day, but it is a great opportunity to think up new ways to do a little more…
Hope you had a great one!
Yanic
Yanic- I love your 3-step-plan for Earth Day! I may be stealing those ideas for next year! Thanks for the comment!