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When your child's conscience develops faster than your courage

My teenage daughter wants to join the climate strikes but I'm afraid she'll get arrested and it will ruin her college applications.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent confronts their own limitations when their child's moral clarity demands actions the parent fears will harm the child's future.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gandhian satyagraha and nonviolent resistance?”

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