Comments on: Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/eco-friendly-parenting/2009/04/24/consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood Going green doesn't have to be complicated Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: health screening http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/eco-friendly-parenting/2009/04/24/consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood/comment-page-1/#comment-69368 health screening Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:09:55 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2434#comment-69368 and while going through yoru post i completely lost track of what i was doing. nice post. and while going through yoru post i completely lost track of what i was doing. nice post.

]]> By: Eleanor http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/eco-friendly-parenting/2009/04/24/consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood/comment-page-1/#comment-69039 Eleanor Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:02:04 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2434#comment-69039 This looks like a fascinating film! It brings up a very interesting point about how much influence kids can have on their parents. If they see something on TV enough and their friends get it, then you can bet they'll be bugging their parents for it to! But this power of children can be harnessed for good. I know this guy, Christopher Swain, who has just started a 1,000 mile swim from Massachusetts to Washington, DC to raise awareness about healthy oceans. Along the way he's gonna be stopping at thousands of classrooms to teach kids about how important it is to keep our oceans clean, how we can combat ocean pollution, etc. Christopher always says that if you get it into the kids' minds early that environmentalism is important, then they can bug their parents enough and real change can be made. You can learn more about Christopher here www.changents.com/christopherswain This looks like a fascinating film! It brings up a very interesting point about how much influence kids can have on their parents. If they see something on TV enough and their friends get it, then you can bet they’ll be bugging their parents for it to!

But this power of children can be harnessed for good. I know this guy, Christopher Swain, who has just started a 1,000 mile swim from Massachusetts to Washington, DC to raise awareness about healthy oceans. Along the way he’s gonna be stopping at thousands of classrooms to teach kids about how important it is to keep our oceans clean, how we can combat ocean pollution, etc. Christopher always says that if you get it into the kids’ minds early that environmentalism is important, then they can bug their parents enough and real change can be made. You can learn more about Christopher here http://www.changents.com/christopherswain

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