MOTHERHOOD

Nina -

The main reason I wanted to have a child or children is selfish, if I'm totally honest, I want to have a family. I questioned it, and I thought about it. What does that impact mean? Is that a terrible thing to do for the environment? I think what scares me the most about the environment that George is going to grow up in is the government's failure to act with any sense of urgency and to pri

Zoe -  

The way we as a race have polluted the earth is scary, how you can now find microplastics in our bodies and how that is affecting us directly it’s something that we can no longer ignore. Climate anxiety has impacted my decision to have children because of the uncertainty of the environment that the next generation of children will grow up in. 

Lily -

The way things are declining, I don’t think it’s fair to bring another person into the world as they won’t see it for its full beauty, which is why Climate anxiety has impacted decision to bring a child into the world. I try to ignore social norms, but it’s difficult to avoid when talking to other people, typically the older generation who have always seen children in their future but are sh

Leila -

If I’m scared to live in this present world and its future, it makes me feel anxious about bringing a child into it. I very rarely talk about this decision with friends but if we’re feeling vulnerable and talk about it, it’s tragic as I feel like there is a womanly nurture to having children. I feel like people don’t talk about this often enough.  I believe that the newer generation like my

Jasmin -

Based on the current state of our climate and environment, it makes me not want to have children, as I don’t think that it’s fair to bring children into a world where they’re supposed to fixed what’s already been caused. Although there’s a lot of work in progress to positively change things large corporations have already heavily impacted the environment, so I don’t think there’s much of a

Gemma -

Climate anxiety is so big and overwhelming, that it can be depressing to think about all the time, but it has not changed my decision to have a child. I do feel selfish as I’m worried what life they will have when they’re my age, but I would also regret it by going against my maternal instincts to become a mother. I try to make small lifestyle changes, but does this make a real positive imp