I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Wednesday, May 19th.

Climate anxiety is rising among America's children. For parents, it can be hard to manage all of the emotions

and questions that are arising now when kids start to get it about climate change and experience

eco-anxiety. But the reality is that the climate crisis is going to impact today's children

more than it did previous generations. According to National

Geographic, for example, to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, to stave off the most

catastrophic consequences of climate change, the average child born today must emit about eight

times less carbon dioxide than their grandparents.

So kids, how are you going to do that?

No wonder you have climate anxiety.

Joining me now to talk about how to help kids deal with their climate anxiety and empower them

along the way is Mary Demacher, author of the book, The Parents' Guide to Climate Revolution,

100 ways to build a Fossil Free Future,

Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night's Sleep.

That's a great book title, Mary.

Welcome to WNYC.

Thank you so much.

Good to be here.

And I'll tell everybody that your book first came out in 2018, but do you think that the last

year during lockdown and other things pertaining to the pandemic has impacted the way the kids

are experiencing climate anxiety? Sure. I mean, I know for us, we had the most incredible

wildfire here in Oregon that we'd ever experienced.

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