The Algorithm Age

Climate change is said to be scaring young children in Australia, and a leading expert has come up with a controversial solution — don’t tell them about it. “It's really difficult to see kids who are very fearful at such young ages in front of me who have sleep disorders, who have clinical ranges of anxiety over this,” psychologist Clare Rowe told Yahoo News. She’s the author of a controversial report published by conservative think-tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), which argues climate change should not be taught to primary school children. In response, 150 experts in mental health, medicine and education have published an open letter rejecting this claim, arguing that what's actually scaring children is their lived experience of environmental disasters, the failure of government to act, and adults not listening to their concerns. There's no doubt that climate and the environment are worrying Aussie kids — a 2024 survey of 15 to 19-year-olds found ...