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  Repairing and making good the environmental damage of the last century is going to take a supreme effort, but critically it will take many generations to achieve this goal. As we have seen with similar huge global efforts like the eradication of Smallpox, it is difficult to maintain the momentum over long periods.  Educating the next generation to avoid the same mistakes is a vital part of parenting if we really care about our children's future.  Along these lines, it is up to the future and the age after that to take control and settle on the troublesome choices...

I remember as a child having physical fights with my brother as we fought over the silliest things yet the thought of my own children fighting like this fills me with absolute dread.It’s an idealistic notion to expect them to get on all the time, and in a way it could be seen as a positive thing that they feel confident enough to disagree but I still can’t shake the dream that they’ll all be the best of friends and grow up without a cross word.Now, the older two, Poppy and Mitchell are best friends when no one is looking....