Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care
Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series
Chapter 1
A Letter to Parents
Half a century ago, most parents had a pretty good sense of their responsibilities toward their children: to provide them with food, clothing, shelter, an education, and, of course, love. Like parents throughout history, they did whatever was in their power to keep their children safe, to protect them from harm.
But what does it mean today, to "keep our children safe"? In recent years, the job of raising -- and protecting -- our children seems to have become a lot more complicated. Our lifestyles have undergone radical changes over the past few decades, and so has the environment we live in.
As a culture, we seem to be in constant motion. We work more, and sleep less, than ever b ... read full excerpt from Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series ebook
