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When protecting children from environmental truth feels necessary

I lie to my daughter about why the polar bears are sad in the nature documentaries because I don't know how to explain extinction to a five-year-old without breaking her heart.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The desire to preserve innocence conflicts with the moral imperative to prepare the next generation for ecological reality.

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“Where Are You with The sixth extinction — examined?”

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