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The Unexpected Outcome Of My Son’s Environmental Anxiety

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Mar. 13, 2025
The Unexpected Outcome Of My Son's Environmental Anxiety
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The Unexpected Outcome Of My Son's Environmental Anxiety

We have a lovely piece today from writer Colleen Oakley about her son's climate anxiety. He was 11 when he said, "Mom, I know the answer. I think we should just blow up the entire earth! Everyone would die and then nature would take back over. We don't deserve it." So yea, he has some big feelings about climate change. But what Colleen did with that anxiety is surprising and lovely.

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