I have four kids and I agree with this completely.
Originally Posted by
ebrady
Kids are expensive and require a lot of time of an adult's available time.
Extra money and time are required to explore green / lifestyle changes, and you usually have less available when you have kids.
For example, here are a couple of decisions I have to make frequently:
"If I spend an extra two hours today to commute by bike instead of drive, will I have time to help my kid with their homework?".
"Do I want to spend $1,000 dollars on a bike or new gadget, or do I wan't to save it to send my kids to college?"
"Do I want to spend 6 - 8 hours today riding a century, or do I want to spend the time playing with the family?"
For the typical person, family occupies the second and third area in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, (Safety and Love/Belonging), both of which are higher priority then Problem Solving and Acceptance of facts, which is considered lowest priority on the hierarchy. Family will usually win out everytime.
Before I had kids I would call my sister (who did have kids at the time) and strike up a conversation on events or politics. This was a waste of time, as my sister with a MA poly sci scarcely kept track of who the sitting president was at that point.
Oh, and global warming deniers are simply additional evidence that the US public school system is incapable of teaching science.