This article was written by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which while it still produces some useful research, has gone full whacked pro(re)gressive woke, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this ludicrous piece of garbage appeared on its site. The article claims that climate issues are making kids anxious. Well, of course they are!! But why? Because the whackos keep lying to them and promoting fear-inducing nonsense about how the earth is burning up, all the ice will melt and flood the world, there will be immense droughts, and on and on and on. If you were indoctrinated with these lies constantly, you would be anxious too.
If you want to help the children, start by telling them the truth. The Earth is not warming dramatically, it has been far warmer in the past, there is little evidence to suggest that any warming is substantially caused by human activities, when it does get warmer, there are beneficial effects like fewer deaths and better crop yields, Antarctica and the Arctic and Greenland are not losing massive amounts of ice, hurricanes and other storms are not getting worse, we don’t have more fires due to global warming and so on. You might tell them the real facts about Earth’s temperature history and natural cycles. And if you really are hellbent on scaring the bejesus out of them, you would remind them that we are due for the start of another ice age and won’t that be fun. Or better yet, show them what the real cost of renewable energy is and how unreliable it is and ask them how they will like living in a world without adequate electricity. (KFF Article)
The article got the right answer- just the wrong reason
It’s the belief in crappy science that is causing the increase in mental illness