Here’s the deal: we live in unusual times. Or who knows, maybe every time is an unusual one to the people who live through it. One of the biggest issues facing humans alive today is one that involves our home: climate change is happening whether we like it or not.

It’s hard for kids to move through life on this planet without overhearing bits and pieces of a more adult world. And it’s important to talk to kids about what they hear, instead of shoving hard topics under the rug to save for later. In our home, we are big believers in the idea that cuddled up next to a parent or caregiver is one of the safest, easiest ways to have conversations about topics that are hard.

Because the thing is, you can’t keep your kids from finding out what’s going on in the world unless you totally pull back and live off the grid. Which is cool, but… not helpful if you’re also hoping to raise fully engaged citizens of the world.

So, what to do? It turns out that talking to your kids about hard topics like climate change is all about staying calm, explaining the facts in a measured way that’s digestible by age, and being open to answering all of their questions. (Yes, all of them.)

Source : https://www.littlethings.com/young-kids-climate-change/