Parenting in a Climate Crisis

A Handbook for Turning Fear into Action

Bridget Shirvell

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Workman Publishing
25 March 2025

Global warming; Health & Self-Help; Coping with anxiety & phobias; Advice on parenting

An urgent and useful guide for parents navigating the uncertainty of the climate crisis (their kids' and their own) that offers doable advice on how to turn the worry and fear into hope and action.

Camp canceled because of wildfire smoke. Favorite beaches closed due to erosion. Recess held indoors due to extreme heat. Kids today are experiencing the climate crisis firsthand. So how do parents help it all make sense for them? And how can we keep our kids (and ourselves) from despair? Environmental journalist and parent Bridget Shirvell has created a handbook for parents to help them navigate these questions and more, weaving together expert advice from climate scientists, environmental activists, child psychologists, and parents across the country. She helps parents answer tough questions (how did we get here?) and raise kids who feel connected to and responsible for the natural world (it starts with nature walks and a family dog), feel motivated to make ecologically sound choices, and feel empowered to meet the challenges of the climate crisis (it starts with building resilience and problem-solving skills), and to ultimately fight for change.

By: Bridget Shirvell
Imprint: Workman Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781523528974
ISBN 10: 1523528974
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bridget Shirvell reports on the environment, food systems, and parenting. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Teen Vogue, PureWow, Edible Manhattan, La Cucina Italiana, Conde Nast Traveler, HuffPost, The Latin Kitchen, and VICE, among others.

Reviews for Parenting in a Climate Crisis: A Handbook for Turning Fear into Action

""This sympathetic guide offers suggestions for starting conversations and modeling accessible vocabulary and also provides helpful definitions and background information (efforts to mitigate greenhouse gases go back as far as 1855)... The solution-oriented final chapters offer additional realistic advice for reducing carbon footprints, incorporating STEM awareness, participating in community activism, and more, along with considerable helpings of reassurance and hope. Shirvell is an environmentalist and widely published journalist, but this timely, accessible, and important account is written, first and foremost, by a parent, for parents."" --Booklist