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How to explain environmental loss to young children

My four year old asks why the coral is white in the ocean documentary and I realize I have to explain death and extinction and human responsibility to someone who still believes in magic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The innocence of childhood collides with the necessity of environmental education and age-appropriate grief.

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