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How to Take Your Kids Biking
Children make good cycling companions because they're adaptable, energetic and want to have fun. However, cycling with kids is not as easy as hopping on your bike and taking off. Here are some saddle-savvy tips.
Pass Along Your Cycling Passion to Your Kids
"How do I get my child started in cycling?" It's one of the first questions bike-riding parents ask. Happily, kids and bikes seem to be drawn together by a natural kind of magnetism. By following the tips we outline here, you can quickly strengthen that attraction.
A Child's Bike Progression
Treading Lightly as a Family
Raising Green Kids
Parents can also give children responsibility for household leadership over certain green tasks. A child who is put in
Greening My Child’s School: A Local Story
“Warming” Family Ideas
• Lighting – replacing one 75 watt incandescent bulb with a 19-watt compact fluorescent can cut 55 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Assign your math-loving child the task of determining how many light bulbs you need to replace and the reduction in emissions. Engage children in budgeting for purchases and replacement.
• Power strips – used for computers, televisions, radios or other electronics continually emit power even when turned off. Each night, time your children while they run around the house turning off the strips.
The Myth of the Homeless Person
The image that most people identify with a homeless person is the panhandler on Nicollet Mall, the vodka-guzzling man on the bus, or the mentally ill person hearing voices on the corner. These stereotypes are the visibly homeless. In reality, they are the exception rather than the norm. On any given night an estimated 8,600 people are homeless in Minnesota (Wilder Research Center, 2000). Many people don't know that these people live in shelters, abandoned buildings and under bridges. Who is homeless in the Twin Cities today? You'd probably be surprised to know.
Things To Do for Kids and Family
Here are some family and kid's activities that you may not know about. It is a random list of organizations, groups and clubs that have a focus on the environment, community and the arts. There's a whole lot more out there, so get out and explore this beautiful world with your children.
Smoking Affects Everyone
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 400,000 deaths each year and resulting in an annual cost of more than $50 billion in direct medical costs. Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires - combined!
Nationally, smoking results in more than 5 million years of potential life lost each year.
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