When children’s loneliness turns into a fantasy world
The absence of parental presence can lead children to create alternative “surviving” strategies. I know that all parents want the best for their kids….
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Finding Peace Within – A New Year’s Wish
When the mindset of “never good enough” is replaced ny “I am good enough.” The New Year marks the beginning of a fresh start…
Love isn’t enough
When external influences plant small seeds of fear in our children. By Iben Sandahl When Sophia was only four years old, it began. Her…
THE IDEA OF PRAISE
By Iben Sandahl “You are the best”, “Oh my – what you did was just brilliant”, “You are a genius” and “Absolutely fantastic”. Words…
16 children’s books about the struggles of life + how to triumph
by Iben Sandahl When I was growing up, I loved visiting my grandparents’ place. Often it was only my grandmother and I, as my…
Stories about the struggles of life can help foster resilient and happy children
When I grew up, I loved visiting my grandparents’ place. Often it was only my grandmother and I because my granddad worked and travelled…
Is Danish Happiness an Inside Job?
As featured in The Copenhagen Post Some weeks ago I was conducting research in Danish schools trying to gain a deeper understanding of how…
How to be a hygge parent
Had you, reader, at around tea time every day last September, been a fly on a wall in this writer’s kitchen, this is what…
ON PRACTICING MINDFULNESS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
The holidays can often become a time where we’re left feeling stressed and overwhelmed, when it should be a time of connectedness and comfort….