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04/13/2010 02:44 PM
My kids are naturally inquisitive, aren't yours? Kids will be kids afterall. They love the dirt, mud, puddles of water, animals, insects and bugs of all kind. You can say that they are naturally attracted. I'm guessing my kids are not alone! Do any of these statements sound familiar to you?
- 'Don't play in the mud!'
- 'Don't step in the puddle!'
- 'Watch out for those bugs!'
- etc., etc., etc.
Yet, for as many times as I say to stay away from this or that, I also say:
- Sure, you can play on the dirt piles
- Sure, you can play on the leaves
- Sure, that bug is safe to touch
- Hey, check out that beautiful bird
- Look at the beautiful butterfly
- Did you see that opossum crossing the road? It was huge!
- Wow, did you see the Hawk pick up that rodent in that field and fly away? (yes, that did happen)
- Wow, look at all the fish! What a big catch!
Afterall, it's natural to be inquisitive and why not be inquisitive of the things around you. My husbands father, who used to be the director for Texas Parks and Wildlife, back in the day, would always tell him to 'leave a place you visited better than what it was when you got there.'
What did that mean exactly? Well, for all the parks they visited, for all the lakes and beaches they played at, and for all the outings they had, the kids always took the time to pick up the trash they found on the ground and clean up the environment around them. They always left from an outing leaving it better than what it was when they got there. From that simple statement, was a life long lesson: protect our environment, take care of it and it will take care of you.
It was a lesson that was learned not only by my husband and his siblings, but now by our family as well as it is something we try to instill in our kids everyday.
Do you do that? I realize it may not be you that's making the mess. I realize that it may not be you that is hurting the environment and the nature around us, but don't you enjoy the beauty, the wildlife, the fishing, and the beaches? It's up to each of us to go beyond what each of us has done and extend a friendly hand to the earth. Learn more about how to do that at Earth Day Bay Day at Cole Park.
For published articles on the event, nature, and the environment, please see this article on my Corpus Chrsiti Family Page on EXAMINER.com or visit my article on the Corpus Christi Homeschooling Examiner page for ways to help you teach your kids about protecting our environment.