The Climate Crisis: Helping Youth With Emotional Distress

Hopeful strategies can help young people deal with the climate crisis.

Educators, mental health experts, parents, and environmental advocates offer hopeful strategies for helping our children and youth navigate their complex emotional responses to the climate crisis. Disseminating accurate scientific information about climate change and involving them in participatory initiatives to address its effects can foster understanding and optimism. Equally crucial is the awareness among adults in their lives that children and youth may grapple with a range of emotions necessitating sensitive handling and, in certain instances, professional mental health support.

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