Our love and concern for our children often increases our concern and drives our action to improve the environment.  Protecting our children and protecting "mother nature" are the same thing.

We humans are imperfect parents and imperfect environmental stewards -- but with the best of intentions and a lot of effort, things usually turn out very well.

Parenthood is a learning experience.  Life is a learning experience.  Covering this issue in a down-to-earth less holy than thou way is to be applauded.

I was far from a perfect mother (just ask my kids) and I mostly did it alone. It is heartwarming to see my children perpetuate some of the traditions I started -- their fondest memories include baking bread with me, "primitive" camping where we strove to leave the camp site as pristine as we found it and delighted in deer nibbling on berries within feet of us, having a garden, bike races to the farmers market (winner gets the 1st apple dumpling). . .  I took the TV out of our home for 4 years -- and my children still think taking turns reading out loud is a first rate form of entertainment (although my son says he really was traumatized by not seeing every episode of Power Rangers when everybody at school was talking about nothing else).