My only reservation is that (in my experience) many families use it as a way to avoid teaching their children important things about the world that conflict with their ideology.
Given that we are at risk of extinction from climate change, and teaching the existence of climate change is ideologically opposed by many conservatives, it should be a bit more than just a reservation. Children need to know that the Earth is fucked right now and we need to take steps to unfuck it.
I agree that kids should know about climate change, but I’m wary of enforced education. I live in an area where, if a particular viewpoint were going to be enforced, it would almost certainly be religious, conservative, and historically revisionist. I’m not sure where that balance should be struck.
I’m not stating that a view point should be enforced. I’m stating that the facts need to be taught. And the fact is, climate change is a giant fucking risk to the existence of humanity.
Maybe you could say the “and we ought to fix it” part is a view point. But by that low of a bar “people ought to eat food” is a viewpoint.
Given that we are at risk of extinction from climate change, and teaching the existence of climate change is ideologically opposed by many conservatives, it should be a bit more than just a reservation. Children need to know that the Earth is fucked right now and we need to take steps to unfuck it.
I agree that kids should know about climate change, but I’m wary of enforced education. I live in an area where, if a particular viewpoint were going to be enforced, it would almost certainly be religious, conservative, and historically revisionist. I’m not sure where that balance should be struck.
I’m not stating that a view point should be enforced. I’m stating that the facts need to be taught. And the fact is, climate change is a giant fucking risk to the existence of humanity.
Maybe you could say the “and we ought to fix it” part is a view point. But by that low of a bar “people ought to eat food” is a viewpoint.