Comments on: Eco-kids socializing parents

By: Preparing our kids for the future | Junior Youth

Preparing our kids for the future | Junior Youth — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:46:51 +0000

[...] campaigns aimed at stopping destructive behaviours such as binge drinking. Whilst Joanne in ‘Eco-kids socializing parents‘, raises the discussion of environmental educators wanting children to use ‘pester [...]

By: Bandit

Bandit — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:42:27 +0000

One problem is that so few of the kids are invovled in any activities that actually sponsor conservation they know little or nothing about what they are saying. I can tell you that my kids have done more conservation and more environmental cleanup in Scouts than most of these kids will ever do. Add do you think any of these little nags and their facilitators are going to Skip the Trip the next time they want to go on their next vacation? I think not.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:07:44 +0000

Shades of my Cold War childhood — except the horror stories were about Communist children turning in their parents.

All hail, Comrade Al Stalin!

By: allen

allen — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:33:51 +0000

Supersub wrote:

Is there no better condemnation of the environmentalist movement than that they need to use impressionable and naive children to guilt new converts rather than relying upon reasoned discussion?

No more so then just about any other group that has a political ax to grind and seeks to put the edge on it via those impressionable minds.

I guess the temptation of the advantage to be gained by indoctrinating kids in the public education system is sufficient to prevent the politically-motivated from considering the danger of their opponents doing the same.

By: pm

pm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:51:29 +0000

So knowing the laws is not part of having good solid information?

By: SuperSub

SuperSub — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:43:25 +0000

pm-
Neither. Better to act upon good, solid information… and as the possible consequences increase, so should the standard of proof.
A schizophrenic may be very proactive… but that says nothing about the validity of his concerns.

By: pm

pm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:24:53 +0000

So is it better to know the laws and be proactive or to wait for something bad to happen and be reactive?

By: speedwell

speedwell — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:31:39 +0000

Laws? You think the child welfare people really bother much with such obstacles when they get on the crusade? How charmingly naive of you.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:16:55 +0000

Sounds like the Communists – next little Johnnie or Janie will be told to turn the folks in for counter-revolutionary activities.

By: pm

pm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:59:33 +0000

What state was that in?

According to the following link, the laws vary a lot by state.

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/drugexposed.cfm