Real talk: How we're raising kids to live sustainably + ethically, even when it's hard.

Are our kids missing out when we choose a more sustainable, ethical way of living? How do they cope with living a bit of a different life? What does parenting look like to try and do it well? This is one of the questions I’m asked most often as a parent trying to raise children with sustainable values — and in this video, we're diving in and talking about our honest experience so far. I talk about what we DIDN'T want to do raising kids on our journey of ethical living, conscious consumption, and lower-impact choices, and how our mindset as parents has completely shifted in the last year. I used to worry about what my children didn’t have, and whether choosing sustainable living would make life harder for them and how to do that well. Now, I see just how essential these values are for so much of life and it's put a completely different spin on this journey with kids for me. In this week's video, I'm share four things that have become values in our parenting along this journey making ethical and sustainable choices WITH our kids, not just dictating to them — from navigating everyday consumption to building empathy, resilience, creativity, and care for people and planet. 🌱 OTHER VIDEOS YOU MIGHT ENJOY: 🌍    • What I Fed My Kids in a Week 🍳💵 | Budget-F...   🌍    • Extreme budget challenge for my kids!   🌍    • Ethical Banking for Kids? Choosing Sustain...   🌍    • Using Monzo for Easy Budgeting that WORKS ...   If you’re wondering how to raise environmentally and ethically conscious kids, worried your children might be “missing out,” or trying to balance sustainability with family life, I hope this video offers reassurance, perspective, and encouragement from someone who is loving the journey! sustainable parenting, raising ethical kids, sustainable living with children, conscious parenting, ethical family living, low impact living, raising environmentally conscious kids Timestamps 0:00 Into, welcome! 2:40 The early years 3:40 What we did NOT want to do 4:46 How my approach to raising kids with ethics TOTALLY changed 10:00 Honour kids’ ability to understand 14:32 Honour kid’s emotions (and your own!) 18:01 Show them your JOY about sustainability 19:16 Admit we’ll get it wrong 21:59 Don’t get judgmental (our key phase!) 27:11 Last thoughts!