Telling children they are living in a dying world is an essential evil we don’t really have terminology for. Children cannot fix your sins through shame and abortion of hope. You are the villain in their story, not their savior - peddling nothing actualizing change, only dred.
@SwiftOnSecurity i see this as actually your own projection and not really what kids identify with - they are happy and optimistic for the most part unless they are forced to use internet explorer