Is it any surprise there is a growing portion of kids and teens who are developing a deep anxiety about their future on this planet? While some adults can’t accept what seems mostly like a sci-fi disaster film (where Will Smith saves them in the end), it’s the younger generations who will have to deal with this reality. Environmental psychologist Dr. Susan Clayton says it doesn’t help to calm their fears when so many people, and politicians, pretend there is no problem. Clayton shares how to talk to kids about climate change, how we can help them feel better about it, and what concerns her the most. Then Ali talks with high school student and environmentalist, Jeremy Jarecki, about her passion to prepare for the future and to get her peers involved in the fight to beat climate change.

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References:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/family/2021/04/helping-kids-deal-with-climate-anxiety

https://time.com/6097677/young-people-climate-change-anxiety/

https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/

https://kisstheground.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwn8SLBhAyEiwAHNTJbZeEpY87UkCCUQfcb3ctIecNH7nyBhVpG1tbHQGrQQcSmK7b_spVShoCFR0QAvD_BwE

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