SUMMARY

How can adults talks about climate change with children?

This question is at the heart of this conversation between psychotherapist Caroline Hickman and host Verity Sharp.

Caroline Hickman is a climate psychologist and teaching fellow at the University of Bath in England. In this thoughtful conversation, Hickman offers guidance to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, and all adults interacting with children.

Hickman shares she sees anger over the climate emergency expressed more than eco-anxiety and speaks about supporting children instead of only talking to them.

She also shares practical solutions and what she learned from her conversation with a six-year-old child when she asked the child how she wants adults to talk to her about serious topics.

Useful Resources

• Children & Climate Change by the Climate Psychology Alliance
• The Carbon Almanac

CONTRIBUTORS

Special Acknowledgment: 

• Verity Sharp, Climate Crisis Conversations
• Rachael Webster, Climate Psychology Alliance

Senior Producer: Tania Marien

Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua

Music: Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musicbed

Episode Art: Jennifer Myers Chua

Network Voiceover: Olabanji Stephen