Went hiking with my two boys who at the time were 5 and 9 years old.
During the hike I told them we were celebrating earth day, and
we talked about being kind to mother earth.

Stopping for a picnic lunch, my 5 year old was starving and frantically
yanked his sandwich from the wrapper. But in his quest to cure his hunger
pangs, he threw the wrapper on the ground.

I immediately called him on it. "Hey, pick that up.
That's called littering- When you do that
you make the world an ugly place."

Soon after lunch he tells me he needs to pee.
Pointing to a tree I tell him to go behind there.
He quickly runs to the tree, pulls his britches down,
and I watched while a curious glow lit up his face-
He yells out to me, "Hey mom, am I making the world an ugly place?"