Soap Box Moment

I witnessed the something in the Target parking lot yesterday that I can't seem to forget about. I was walking towards the store with the boys while a very "put-together" looking family (mom, dad, about 4-year-old girl) were exiting the store. The wind was blowing, as it tends to do here, and the father, who was carrying the bags, dropped his receipt on the ground. He didn't even look at it after dropping it. His wife said to him, "Should I get that?" He ignored her, she literally shrugged, and they made their way to their massive SUV. I was so mad!!! What responsible grown-up does that?!? Did someone forget to teach them not to litter? I wanted to chase the receipt as it blew into the middle of the road and hand it back to her, but of course my arms were full of Alex and Will and a diaper bag. We have a CD of a children's band called The Happy Crowd (happycrowd.com, I highly recommend it) and they have numerous songs about what we can and should be doing to take care of our earth (ie: "Pollution Solution, Recycle and Rock, Come swim with the Dolphins"- all great songs.) I really believe that we have to try to teach our kids about ways WE can contribute to the solution of the crisis we are facing with the environmental issues in this world. There aren't many things that Alex can understand right now, but he knows we make a habit of picking up trash that we find on the ground at the park. It seems like a small thing, and it is, but I hope he gets it and will do it on his own as he gets older.
Stepping off soap box now.