Are you sure you are confident about how to talk about climate change with your children? Perhaps you will be overwhelmed by the amount of information and the size of the problem. Or you don’t want young people in your life to worry. Here are six simple tips for making tricky conversations easier.
Tip 1: Listen
It may seem strange to start an article about “speaking” by asking to listen. But listening is a good way to learn what children have already heard about climate change. You can ask them What they know or How do they feel about what they know.
If you can do without judgment, it becomes a safe space that can be a difficult conversation. The truth is what many young people feel Anxiety about climate crisis. It is important to recognize when children want to share their feelings without learning more.
Tip 2: We grow love for nature
Children who love nature can be more motivated to learn and act about climate change. Helping children to connect to nature is also a great place to start when you are too young to understand science.
Walk on a park or community trail, camp or algae observation, or plant moisture regulators and watch visitors. Entering the outside and nature can also balance climate anxiety. True stress Mental health improvement.
Check out this article in David Suzuki Foundation. Ten creative ways to put children in nature.
Tip 3: Describe science with an appropriate strategy
Children in kindergarten may not understand that they do not look like greenhouse gases. But they can feel the heat wave, smell smoke from forest fires, observe ticks, or experience different effects of climate change. It can be said that climate change is a bigger problem.
Illustrations, video and interactive apps and games that show how greenhouse gas contribute to climate change can vivid science for children of all ages.
NPR suggests: Script For children aged 4-5:
“Humans burn many fossil fuels for energy to reveal energy, airplane, car, and our house, which puts greenhouse gas in the air. The gas wraps around the earth like a blanket and makes everything hotter. Hot planets mean a bigger storm, and the ice melted in the drama, making it more difficult for animals to live. And it is a really big problem, there are many smart people who work hard, and there are many things we can help as a family.“
NRDC recommends this Other strategies Inspired by the wonders of inspiration, their personal strengths and interests, and sharing news articles between 0 and 18 years of age.
Teachers who are looking for what to do in the classroom (or parent looking for a project) have NPR. Creative proposalLaboratory, citizenship science, research project, multimedia presentation, speech, service project or school garden.
Tip 4: Provide solutions and hopes
Do not tell your children about all problems about the cause of climate change. Solutions them with solutions.
Many people are studying solutions from the government to individuals. And when many people work together to take meaningful behavior in their lives and communities, such actions can grow enough to make big changes.
You can also talk about global solutions Global Plastics Treaty or Global Maritime Treaty. The two UN treaties are gathering the world government to solve the major issues of plastic pollution and marine threats.
Tip 5: I give permission and act
Young people around the world are leading and marching from climate strike. They are I sue the government For the right of the green future. Children in your life can be inspired by youth activists who lead climate movement around the world. Autumn Peltyxiuhtezcatl Martinezand Leah Namugerwa.
Find some actions that children can try for climate change solutions in their homes, schools and communities. They can be retailed at community cleaning events, dig into community gardens, join local outdoor or environmental groups, or even defend green policies.
You can also connect to the global movement that inspires children. Friday for the futureYouth activist Greta Thunberg started.
Tip 6: Do not alone
You do not need to know everything. There are many online resources that can be helpful, and the following are as follows:
- What is the climate change to clean the basics? Canadians know what Canadians are causing climate change and make fossil fuels?
- NASA’s Climate Children The website is full of games, activities and articles that understand and participate in climate science for children over 8 years old.
- that Canadian Climate Atlas It is a tool that combines science, mapping and storytelling so that people can better understand and visualize climate change. To help educators use this tool in the classroom, the website offers teacher guide, class plan and student handbook for tenth and 11th graders.
- Earth Rangers Home Room It hosts simple and fun activities from kindergarten to sixth grade, helping children connect with nature and act to protect it. There is also Earth Ranger Podcast.
- that Canadian Wildlife Federation Through high school, there is an activity and class plan for French and English for the child. These are to inspire deeper love and knowledge of nature and to teach children about climate change.
You are not alone nor children of your life. Please let me know that there is no need to fix the climate crisis. People from different generations will work together.
