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    Empathy, Film, free play, Klassens Tid, Play, The Danish Way November 19, 2017

    Life Changing School

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    Happiness, Play, The Danish Way June 13, 2017

    Listen to the sound of success

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    Default Settings, No Ultimatums, Play September 30, 2016

    What Can We Learn From Those “Wild” Danish Kids?

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    Empathy June 6, 2015

    Why we have to have empathy for ourselves

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Book Review, Copenhagen Post, Default Settings, Education, Empathy, free play, Happiness, Hygge, Personal Stories, Play, Press, School, The book, The Danish Way March 13, 2022

The Danish Way Gets the Royal Treatment

When I married a Dane over 20 years ago and came to Denmark for the first time, I was a self-proclaimed “non-maternal person”. I…

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Copenhagen Post, Education, No Ultimatums, The Danish Way, Togetherness and Hygge December 6, 2020

The Danish Secret to Cherishing Chores

When the pandemic first hit, I feared for how my family would cope in lockdown. I wondered if constantly being together might break us…

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Authenticity, Psychology Today, Reframing, The Danish Way March 22, 2020

How to use reframing to comfort your child

Six sentences to use when you are at a loss for words when trying to explain the coronavirus to your child. At the moment,…

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Authenticity, Education, Empathy, Hygge, No Ultimatums, Online course, Play, Reframing, The Danish Way March 22, 2020

Do you want to raise happy children? Parent the Danish way (online course)

What you’ll learn on the course: Becoming aware of the community and HYGGE’S value – what brings you together as a family. Only in…

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Authenticity, Empathy, Hygge, Play, Reframing, The Danish Way, Togetherness and Hygge March 15, 2020

6 Tips for a potential Coronavirus Lockdown

As my family and many other families across Europe head into our second week of lockdown due to the coronavirus, it seems much of…

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Education, Empathy, Happiness, Klassens Tid, Parental Ethnotheories, Personal Stories, Press, School, The Danish Way October 11, 2019

A Lesson From Denmark about Helping Kids dealing with Anxiety

My children attend a big primary school on the lower north shore in Sydney. The school has a reputation for academic excellence, so the…

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Authenticity, Psychology Today, The Danish Way September 3, 2019

A trusting and free people

Denmark ranks high in both happiness and divorces How come a tiny kingdom like Denmark situated in Scandinavia, famous for “The Little Mermaid” and…

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Education, Empathy, Happiness, Hygge, Klassens Tid, Press, School, The Danish Way July 30, 2019

Empathy? In Denmark they’re learning it in school

Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world. This is according to the UN’s World Happiness Report, an important survey that since…

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Authenticity, Empathy, Personal Stories, Psychology Today, The Danish Way July 13, 2019

Learning to Let Go

As parents, we spend the majority of our time and energy creating unbreakable bonds with our children as well as a stable foundation to…

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Authenticity, Happiness, Psychology Today, The Danish Way May 27, 2019

Parenting Is a Gift to Be Valued and Nurtured

One of the things I feel most passionate about is how we as parents have the ability to grow and become the most caring,…

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