📗 Libro en inglés CLIMATE ANXIETY AND THE KID QUESTION

The first book length exploration of climate driven reproductive anxiety that places race and social justice at the center Eco anxiety Climate guilt Pre traumatic stress disorder Solastalgia The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field but most researchers overlook a closely related concern reproductive anxiety Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question is the first comprehensive study of how environmental emotions influence whether when and why people today decide to become parents or not Jade S Sasser argues that we can and should continue to create the families we desire but that doing so equitably will require deep commitments to social reproductive and climate justice Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question presents original research drawing from in depth interviews and national survey results that analyze the role of race in environmental emotions and the reproductive plans young people are making as a result Sasser concludes that climate emotions and climate justice are inseparable and that culturally appropriate mental and emotional health services are a necessary component to ensure climate justice for vulnerable communities