Raising Children to Thrive in a Climate Changed World

Many parents who are concerned about climate change know that the climate-altered world of the future will be very different. This generation of children will need to adapt to faster and more wide-ranging changes than we have ever seen before.

‘Positive development’ is a term psychologists use to refer to developing the capacity to live a happy, healthy, productive and engaged life. These skills are also important for helping them to adapt to climate change and thrive in a climate changed world. There are four sets of characteristics that help children develop in this way – individual skills, inter-personal skills, social engagement and citizenship skills – and parents can help build all of these.

For more information, visit: https://www.psychology.org.au/.

Mrs Annie Williams, College Counsellor