Comments on: A Second Grader Doesn’t Need to Shower for 30 Minutes!

By: My Life As It Is

My Life As It Is — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:25:00 +0000

So glad it isn’t just my child that wastes way too much water in the shower. I like the idea from heather/pnr!!

By: Don Mills Diva

Don Mills Diva — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:40:00 +0000

I think cutting shower times is great way to start and to teach kids that they can make a difference.

By: Sornie

Sornie — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000

If today’s children learn to conserve, they will have a better world to grow up in.

By: SUEB0B

SUEB0B — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:10:00 +0000

Oops. You have nailed me on my big indulgence. I am a vegetarian. I did not reproduce. I recycle. I drive a tiny, tiny car. But I am guilty…I take long showers. On work days, only as long as I can get away with. On weekends…until the hot water runs out. And I mean HOT!! Normal people could not stand it. I turn the hot knob all the way ON and the cold knob all the way OFF. Ahhhhh.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:41:00 +0000

my husband once theorized why our own 50 pound wonders (we have a few of them) would need to take such long showers: it's because they are so tiny that it takes that long for the low flow shower head to get them wet. somehow the spray misses their waif-like frames. still i am nagging all the time to cut the shower time as well as the number of showers needed on a daily basis.
it's an uphill battle here under the big top.
i do my part the best i can:
we drive a hybrid
i walk rather than drive whenever i can
i force my kids to walk too
oh and i force my family to recycle. we are so good t it we need the super size recycle toter and the small garbage toter.
still if i wish that i could only solve the shower issue

By: Florinda

Florinda — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:07:00 +0000

Is this a second-grader thing? My stepson’s the same age, and the same way. We’ve tried a timer, and so far it hasn’t helped. I just think their minds are everywhere except on what they’re supposed to be doing.

But no, water conservation, like so many other things, starts at home – so I don’t think this is a frivolous topic at all!

By: Mrs. Chicky

Mrs. Chicky — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:45:00 +0000

When I was a teenager taking 30 minute showers my father would go into the basement and turn off the water to the house, just to get me out. I don’t think nipping it in the bud now, while she’s 7, is frivolous at all.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:56:00 +0000

Hey, I saw you in the NYT today! Have you seen it yet?

By: Unrepentant

Unrepentant — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:01:00 +0000

You’re right on the money–kids lose track of time in the bathroom, I think. Try a timer, seriously.
When my niece went in the Coast Guard, they were allowed one-minute showers on their first sea-duty assignments. Many a young Coastie went back to work covered with soap.

By: Heather.PNR

Heather.PNR — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:09:00 +0000

When I was little, my parents sometimes closed the drain in the sink while I left the water running while brushing my teeth, or the drain in the tub while I was taking a shower. Seeing all the water that collected gave me a good visual for just how much I was wasting.

It all starts with the small things, yes?