
My little environmentalist
January 25, 2012Today I picked Phil up from preschool after not seeing him for five days.
I entered the school with my bike helmet on.
The first words out of his mouth: “Dad! It’s good you’re using the car less, because polar bears might die. You know that because you’re a scientist.”
How’s that for a content-rich greeting?
He told me last night that I needed to stop using my laptop computer. And he told me this morning that I needed to stop driving my car. I asked him if he would still use my computer and he said yes. I asked him if he wanted to ride his bike instead of riding in the car and he said not in the cold weather. Hypocrite is what I say.
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