How to Talk to Your Kids about Climate

Many parents, possibly including yourself, are constantly adjusting to the task of raising children during the climate crisis. The juxtaposition of our kids' hope and excitement about the future with our own fear makes communicating truthfully--truthfully, but not without hope--challenging.

Some answers can be found in this article on Yes! Magazine about "How To Raise Climate Resilient Kids." Here’s what its author, Tim Lydon, has to say:

"Cultivating belief in a child’s own resilience, fostering optimism, and teaching children to control emotional responses to change... These are common tenets of modern parenting the report says are made especially important by climate change."

Read the rest of the article here.

For more information about how to talk to your kids about climate change, check out this webinar by Our Kids' Climate. This webinar brings together climate leaders from South Africa, the U.S. Uganda and Sweden to discuss how to talk to children about the climate crisis, and how to support child-led climate activism and engagement. Families for a Livable Climate is part of the Our Kids' Climate network.