Larissa Green

I’ve always been ambiguous about the idea of rewarding my kids. I don’t want to use rewards because they can be difficult to maintain. When my kids were little, I would occasionally try motivating them with a sticker chart when they needed to learn some new skill (like potty-training), or learn control over some misbehavior (like hitting). The charts lasted maybe a week, and definitely no longer than to the point of achieving the goal they were designed to achieve.

Why I hover over my teens’ internet use like I do with my 4-year-old’s cooking I handle my teens’ internet practices in the same way I handle my 4-year-old’s cooking. With lots of hovering. My sweet four-year-old is delighted by working in the kitchen with me: chopping, slicing, washing, mixing, and sauteing. He’d happily do it without me, too. I occasionally walk into the kitchen to find him attempting to make a cake or scramble some eggs.

You’ve stopped scrolling on your Instagram or Twitter feed for images like this. The striking, unifying familiarity in the nuanced expressions of unknown species, people, and landscapes beckons your soul to connect, learn, and explore, but who actively cares for these places and faces, and who documents their resilience? The International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) is an organization that creates stories that aim to save the planet.