5 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids Deal With Climate Anxiety

Parents are worried about the world their children will inherit and how to help their children cope with climate anxiety and questions about climate change. Help Your Children With Climate Anxiety     Climate change is a terrifying reality, and that much more frightening for people who have children. Many parents wonder what kind of world their children are inheriting, and they’re unsure how to help their children cope, let alone answer their children with climate anxiety and their questions about climate change. In the wake of the devastating landslides and fires in California, in which numerous celebrities and industry leaders lost their homes and their lives, it’s clear that no matter how wealthy or famous you are, climate change and its associated disasters spare no-one, regardless of money or social status. Parents who’ve been through a climate-related disaster, whether it was a flood, a fire, a landslide, or a tornado, are all too aware of the devastating impact of this type of experience on their children. All of the experts are saying that these events are becoming the norm, not the exception, so how does a parent help their children cope?   Here are 5 ways that parents can help their children deal with climate change anxiety: 1: Parents can explain what climate change is and what causes it so that children understand what they’re dealing with. Confusion often leads to worsened anxiety, whereas understanding often diminishes anxiety by giving us something tangible we can do to make things better. 2: Parents can put in place a safety plan in the case of a climate-related disaster, and then reassure their children that they have a meaningful way of dealing with anything that might arise. 3: On a day-to-day basis, parents can model to their children the kinds of habits…

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