Many kids and teens are growing more worried about climate change. Scary predictions about the future and lack of government action can make them feel the crisis is out of their control. How can parents help their kids cope with climate anxiety?

On today’s episode of Shrinking It Down, Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist at Mass General Hospital for Children, and mom of two young kids, joins Gene to discuss how parents can talk about climate change to kids of different ages, and ways to empower them to take action in their daily lives. Tune in for more! 

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Media List 

• Elizabeth Pinsky, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital for Children)  
• Working from home with kids feels unsustainable. Here’s how to ease the burden. (Vox) 
• How One Boston Doctor And Her Family Confront Climate Change (WBUR) 
• Mass General Remains Safe, Ready for Expectant Families During COVID-19 (MGH Obstetrics & Gynecology) 
• How does climate change affect disease? (Stanford University) 
• Carbon Emissions Are Falling, But Still Not Enough, Scientists Say (NPR) 
• Anxiety to Agency: Empowering Kids to Address Climate Change (MGH Clay Center) 
• Exclusive Poll: 80% of Young Voters Think 'Global Warming is a Major Threat to Life as We Know It' (VICE)
• Climate Change Is Scaring Kids. Here’s How to Talk to Them (The New York Times) 
• NASA Climate Kids (NASA)
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (YouTube) 
• Children, Climate Change, and Mental Health (The Family Dinner Project)  
• Climate Change: A Call to Action for the Psychiatric Profession (Academic Psychiatry) 
• PAW Patrol Theme Song | Nick Jr. | Music (YouTube) 

Episode produced by Sara Rattigan 

Episode edited by Joshua Eng

Music by Gene Beresin

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