In a terrifying article in the New York Times, "Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy," all ideas that the Brownshirts were a one-time aberration of Nazi Germany are dispelled.
From the Times piece:
"Ms. Ross’s children are part of what experts say is a growing army of "eco-kids" — steeped in environmentalism at school, in houses of worship, through scouting and even via popular culture — who try to hold their parents accountable at home. Amid their pride in their children’s zeal for all things green, the grown-ups sometimes end up feeling like scofflaws under the watchful eye of the pint-size eco-police, whose demands grow ever greater, and more expensive."
And:
"They pore over garbage bins in search of errant recyclables. They lobby for solar panels. And, in a generational about-face, they turn off the lights after their parents leave empty rooms."
Chilling.