Periagoge
Scenario

How to talk to children about climate change without crushing hope

My seven-year-old asked me if polar bears will be extinct when she grows up and I lied and said no but now I can't sleep because I don't know if I should have told her the truth.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The burden of protecting innocence while honoring reality creates an impossible moral bind.

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

“Where Are You with Climate grief and ecological mourning?”

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.