We have been climbing the bell curve of climate stress and nearing that flattening top before the steep fall of climate consequences--yes.
Let's process this as adults so that we stay calm; engage in functional action in the political sphere; model living in community & living as if the next 9 generations matter; DO NOT BURDEN the children. Our children deserve a innocent (not indulgent) childhood.
Instead of giving the facts to our pre-teens, engage another adult to join you in political action.
We are way past regarding politics are not suitable in polite company. Such disengagement is part of what gave industry lobbyists such a wide berth. Political work leads to the minutiae which lays road of civic and home life.