Periagoge
Scenario

When couples disagree about having children due to climate change

My partner and I are trying to decide whether to have children while watching climate catastrophe unfold and we keep having the same circular conversation where I think it's cruel to bring kids into this world and they think giving up on the future is what's cruel.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are stuck between competing moral frameworks about reproduction in an uncertain world, each seeing the other's position as ethically compromised.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Intergenerational justice — what we owe the future?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.