Honestly, my eight year old has no clue. She thinks recycling is when you leave something NEAR the trash can and not inside of it, for her Dad to clean up later. I seriously considered a nice long lecture on the importance of recycling to the environment, but being the 'Love and Logic' parent that I am, I decided that this is a brilliant opportunity for Allie (my 8 year old) to find out the true meaning of 'Recycling' and what it means to her world.
First things first, she had to bag up the cardboard. A total of 5 cereal boxes and one chocolate covered cherry box (that's a whole other story..). Fussing and complaining the entire time (maybe 2 minutes), she did complete the task, but sure didn't enjoy it.
I guess I don't expect her to fall in love with recycling- it's a dirty job- but someone has to do it thus my newest quest: HOW TO GET ALLIE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH RECYCLING *aka* HOW TO GET YOUR KIDS TO RECYCLE WITH A SMILE
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