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What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety. Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help. (grist.org)
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[–] mycelium@slrpnk.net 2 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Doomerism abounds for all ages, but it is certainly most harmful for our young people. Solarpunk could be an awesome tool here - giving them tools to envision a future where solutions are realistic and actionable can be very therapeutic. Imagine our kids working on arts and science projects for climate change instead of just being bombarded with only constant negative projections. They need to know the truth, but they also need to be given hope.

[–] SinAdjetivos@beehaw.org 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

"As more students come to school traumatized by living through fires, floods, and other extreme weather, teachers are being asked to do more than educate — they’re also acting as untrained therapists."

"Doomerism" isn't the issue. The issue is that kids are living through real shit and realizing that the adults around them are unable/unwilling to help/protect them when it's needed. Your suggestion to fight "doomerism" is going to appear as a continuation of that and break any remaining trust even further.

Hope can be a useful tool, but within the context of American schools it's more often a tool for gaslighting and control than meaningful change.

[–] mycelium@slrpnk.net 1 points 18 hours ago

Your suggestion to fight “doomerism” is going to appear as a continuation of that and break any remaining trust even further.

Doormerism is an issue, especially when it comes from adults who don't know how to help. This is trauma, and this is one tool to tackle that trauma. I'm not saying we tell kids "hey cheer up that should fix it" - I'm saying we use hope as a tool to fight cynical defeatism. Which, I would submit, is all your comment achieves. Do you have an alternative?

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