Parenting: How to talk to children about climate change
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
As more and more children and young people become engaged in environmental issues, how can parents support them and talk to them about climate change in an age-appropriate way? And are schools doing enough to educate this new generation of eco-warriors? We discuss with climate change psychotherapist Caroline Hickman, climate change teacher Fiona Cowan and eco-activist Ella Mann.
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| 1:12.4 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey, and this is the Woman's Our Parenting Podcast. |
| 1:16.0 | This time we're featuring climate change, the environment and how you talk about the impact of climate change on the lives of young children where many of them these |
| 1:24.9 | days are really quite fearful of what the future might hold. |
| 1:29.2 | What is age appropriate and what's going on in Britain's schools. |
| 1:33.0 | I've talked to Caroline Hickman, Climate Change researcher from Bath University. |
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