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I think the message of encouraging kids to feel a sense of agency rather than nihilistic despair is a good message. I wonder if giving kids agency in other matters might help them be the leaders they're going to need to be- give them the chance to make their own choices when possible. I'm going to try to raise my kids that way.

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agency comes from power. i think nihilistic despair in kids comes from sense that people who actually have power (and for kids it is primary parents) have failed to solve the problem.

for grown ups, of course it is more nuanced - we know that we lack power to solve the issue or else we would have done it. instead we put hopes and expectations on our kids - that they will rise to meaningful power, where they can change things.

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