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How do you cope with eco-anxiety as a parent? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by Croquette@sh.itjust.works to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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Hello,

I have two young kids and lately, I am having a lot of anxiety and sadness thinking about how the current climate crisis will affect them.

I also have regrets because I decided to have children while knowing about the climate crisis. At the time, I was optimistic, but no so much anymore.

It has been hitting me hard the last few days. How do you cope/deal with this as a parent?

Thanks

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I try to teach them to be curious but careful with nature. They are still young, but my oldest starts to pick up a lot of things, so this is a new subject that I can start to talk about with her.

We live in a city, so nature preservation is harder to teach, but we could definitely do better to help insects and flora with our little space of backyard. And it is a fun activity.

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

A backyard is the perfect place to start building a connection with your ecosystem. Your kids are lucky to have that access, and lucky to have you to show it to them