by Chris Black
The lesson is: it is never normal to fill children with fear about things they have no control over.
This should be obvious to everyone, but it has somehow been acceptable for decades.
This is like what they did to kids during the Cold War, when they were constantly telling them they were going to get nuked by the Russians.
The Russians weren’t ever going to nuke anyone.
Ruby Bron feels “helpless” and “anxiety-ridden” when she thinks about the future and the irreversible damage occurring because of the climate crisis.
The 17-year-old Sydney student says without drastic action to cut emissions, her generation will be left to deal with the climate crisis in an increasingly damaged and volatile world.
“That is a massive responsibility placed on us,” Bron said. “Anxiety builds up.”