Do you make your kids save water,?

Question

or do you let them make their own decisions?

I feel hard asking my young visitor (14yo) from the city who goes to private girls school to cut down on the time in the shower and to save the water she uses for the garden.. She still has a show a day . . . . Mmmm

Answer 1

We are fortunate enough to live in an area where water restrictions are not a problem. However, myself and my children do not waste water and we share that opinion.  

If you live in an area which has restrictions then your visitor should respect that.  No reason why anyone can't clean themselves within a couple of minutes.

Answer 2

At 14 I'd think she should probly be aware of this and have consideration to save water. Sure shower 2 x aday but make them short showers.

I have a 9yr old & 4yr old and they are aware that we nees to save water. Its not really that hard.

Answer 3

Please i know more than once while visiting family i was told wha the house rules were and they weren't like mine. YOU have to pay that water bill so YOU need to tell the  "young visitor" (in a nice way).  

YOu can say things like you know that the bills have gone up and can you please shower faster or turn the water off while you soap up.  Also if you want them to less on the garden then you do it.

Answer 4

Having 12 kids, with 2 more on the way.

Ages range between 16 - 13months.

I have to be very very concious with them. Although i think its important that they take it upon themselves, they are generally pretty good with it &realise there are 12 of them, and they use a lot.

They bathe once a day each.

I bathe Miah [4], Blake [13mnths], Madison[6] & Ava[6] together at night.

After their bath, I bathe Troy, Byron & Logan [6, 3 & 13months]

Just because at six, i think girls should be showering seprately from the boys.

My 10yr old daughter Alexis then has a very quick 4 minute shower.

In the mornings, Leah [14] gets up first, and gets her shower in early. Up after her is Samantha [16]. They both have about 6 minutes in the shower, although i do try limit them to 3-4.

Ryan [13] Then has his shower.

Just before everyone leaves for school, Kyle will come down and have a shower.

Surprisingly, he always is ready to go on time &looks fine!

We keep buckets in the shower to bucket onto the garden &we have an automatic drain from the bath that drains into the water tank, or the drain. We get to choose, usually, unless we have dyed hair or something, we go into the water tank and use that for the garden.

:) Hope that offered some insight.

Cate

Answer 5

well. i shower everyday to sometimes twice. and so do my children part of them learning about being clean.

my children are told not to waste water when brushing their teeth and washing their hands and we got a water filter to prevent water wastage.

kids dont get to choose they are told to cut down in certain areas. quicker showers yes but everyone should shower everyday i feel personally. pretty gross if u dont.

Answer 6

yes because we r having a drought and they dont really know wht is happening becuase they r from the city but it is a really big issue so yer definetily yes tell her to calm down with the water spending

Answer 7

i'm 15

my mum comes and knocks on the door every 2 minutes and yells at me

most girls my age have to take daily showers

it's our thinking time

so encourage her but don't go over the top like my mum

Answer 8

I don't have to make my five year old save water, he is already crazy about it. During the last few days in preschool this year, they had these actors come in and do a play on water preservation. It was set to superheroes, and my son just fell in love.

My three year old will only brush her teeth if the water is running the whole time. But with her and her brother brushing at the same time, it's a struggle.

Answer 9

Yes.We have six children,live in country,Victoria,Australia and have been living with water restrictions for over a doz.years. We have always told our kids what we think is right in general and then hopefully all their decisions they make are based on common sense and their upbringing.

Answer 10

It's tough with guests, but if she's there for any length of time - more than a week I'd say, it's appropriate to incorporate her into the household routine.

I'm a greenie.  We walk instead of drive.  My 3 y.o. knows what goes in the recycling bin.  He knows the moral of the story in The Lorax.  And yup, if he lets the water run, he knows that it hurts the fishies.

If a toddler can get it, so can a teenager.  I'd bring it up gently.  And I'd initially place more emphasis on saving the water than on cutting down her shower time.  The first she can feel good about; the second might put you into a fight with your houseguest.  

But hey, conservation is fashionable.  So you might be surprised how easily she complies.

Answer 11

I do teach my child to be conservative with water. One way is to  take short showers during the summer months (only use  enough water to get themselves wet, then turn off the water and scrub down with soap and shampoo, turn the water on and rinse off throughly and their done.)   We live in a very humid climate and take two showers a day and recycle the water collected in the tub for the laundry (you can buy a pump and hose to pump your water from your tub to your washing machine so you can use the water for the first cycle).

Answer 12

i have a shower a day and am at a private girls school, wat r u trying 2 say?!