Parent & Caregiver Resources
Our resources help parents navigate the emotional impacts of extreme weather to build stronger parent-child relationships, better community mental health supports, and a future that’s more worthy of our youth.
Climate Change and Kids' Well Being:
A New Guide for Parents and Other Caring Adults
Climate Mental Health Network crafted this updated 40-page resource to answer concerns we’re hearing from parents, caregivers and teachers all over the country. It includes practical tips on preparing for extreme weather and taking climate action; and conversation guides for raising resilient kids in a fast changing world. Special sections cover kids zero to 18, neurodiversity, mental health, and different identities.
Watch Anya Kamenetz, the lead project director and author of the guide in conversation with Rachel Moszkowicz, who supported all aspects of the parents project.
What you'll find in the guide:
How to talk to your kids
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Preparing and responding to disasters
How to support kids who are disabled or neurodivergent
Parents well-being
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Engaging teachers and schools
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100%
of parents we spoke with reported their children noticing first hand effects of climate change ranging from wildfire smoke to changing snow patterns and heat waves
Webinar Recordings
Back to School Night: Raising Resilient Kids in an Age of Disaster
September 11, 2025
How to Talk to Gen Zers
about Climate Emotions
October 10, 2023
"My oldest daughter, who's eight, is having climate distress. She's up at night with anxiety about, you know, ‘the Earth is dying and other kids don't care as much as I care and people are not doing enough to help'."
Anna, Los Angeles
A study of 60,000 people in 23 countries found that people were 12x more likely to act on climate change because of LOVE for future generations.
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