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How to Tell Your Kids about the Gulf Oil Spill Without Scaring the Crap Out of Them
Credit: NWF.So I have two daughters, ages 8 and 5. And they've seen images on the TV, in the newspaper and on my computer screen of the BP oil spill (or the Gulf oil spill if don't want to assign blame just yet). I tried to explain the disaster to my 8-year-old the other day. "There was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and it's killing birds and turtles," I told her. To which she replied, "Why would Mexico do that?" Good question. Which brings me to some tips from Ranger Rick and the National Wildlife Federation about how to broach the subject of oil addiction and environmental devastation w...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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