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When environmental choices create family conflict

We decided not to have kids because of climate change but my husband's parents keep asking about grandchildren and I can't explain our choice without sounding like I think their son's life was a mistake.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Climate-based life decisions collide with family expectations and the implicit judgment of previous generations' choices.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Environmental legacy — what we leave the planet?”

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