Climate Anxiety: If You Plan to Not Have Kids, You're Not Alone
The definition of 'normal' is changing — what's normal now, like heatwaves, wasn’t normal for earlier generations.
By: GARIMA SADHWANI
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When she was 18, Anushree Joshi decided that she didn't want to have kids — multiple reasons led her to make this decision, some political and some more personal.
While people around her thought that she’ll grow out of this idea, it only solidified in the coming years. Now a 24-year-old sustainability researcher at a consulting firm, Joshi knows that climate change is one of the biggest factors that she doesn’t want to have a child, ever, even though she loves children.
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In her case, Joshi's partner has been supportive and acknowledges that climate anxiety, for him too, acts as a solid deterrent to having children. But they are not alone.
A study conducted by University College London last November said that in 12 out of the 13 cases they analysed, people expressed desire to not have children at all or have fewer children due to fears about “climate breakdown.”
While speaking to The Quint, there was one sentiment common between people who are opting to be child-free. Read the full story HERE.
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