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NickB79

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9. My daughter is 9, I'm almost 40

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 04:56 PM

Sep 2019

By 2050, when the shit is really hitting the fan, she'll be my current age.

I'm really struggling with deciding when and how I should have "the talk" with her.

And by "the talk" I don't mean the sex talk; I mean the "you're going to watch the planet burn as we strip it like a swarm of locusts and see billions die as civilization collapses" talk.

What do you guys think? Wait till she's 10?

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My daughter is 9, I'm almost 40 NickB79 Sep 2019 #9