Are you a good parent? OK, so what are you doing to protect your child from climate collapse? | Elizabeth Cripps

An important part of parenting is securing children's future. Too many of us are reading bedtime stories in a house that's burning downParents do a lot. We spend hours reading stories or freezing on the edges of sports pitches. We buy food, clothes, buggies, car seats, bikes, music lessons, gadgets, parties, holidays, not to mention hundreds of toys. But here's the bad news. While we obsess about our kids as individuals, we're missing a last-ditch collective chance to save them from environmental catastrophe.Take that seriously, and being a "good" mum or dad is about much more than what you do with your child or the opportunities you buy them. It becomes political. Continue reading...