Column: How 'Sesame Street' can prepare kids for climate disasters

Twenty-three years ago, 'Sesame Street' aired a remarkable series of episodes during which the iconic puppets and their human friends must recover from a hurricane. One focus is Big Bird's struggle to come to terms with the destruction of his nest. 'I'm angry at that hurricane for wrecking my home,' he tells his companions. 'I feel sad.

It's not just in the future,' Soeripto said. Global warming is overwhelming, as Grover noted during his Milken conference cameo. As much as people love 'Sesame Street,' can a single TV show really prepare millions of children around the world for supercharged storms, floods and fires? There's academic research suggesting that maybe it can.

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