How to handle thorny questions from children – The Danish Way
In Denmark we have a tradition of being direct, honest and speaking from the heart, when interacting with one another. Even so, many of…
Empathy
BookS on MondaY: The Happiest Country for 40+ years and the values we can adopt for raising kids from THE DANISH WAY OF PARENTING
Denmark, home of Hans Christian Anderson and Lego toys, has been voted the happiest country in the world for 40 consecutive years, most recently…
6 Parenting Lessons from Denmark, the Happiest Country in the World
Denmark is the planet’s happiest nation, and part of its secret has to do with their people’s upbringing. Here’s how you can raise your…
Denmark has figured out how to teach kids empathy and make them happier adults
Empathy, or the ability to read another person’s emotions, is a critical life skill. Many fear children are losing it—and that they’ll be less…
teaching empathy to children-the danish way of parenting
Originally featured on Mothermag We all want our kids to be happy. And happiness is something the Danes have supposedly figured out, with research…
Parents Beware! You could be raising a narcissist!
As featured on Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-the-egg-timer/201506/parents-beware Narcissism has become a growing epidemic lately. Some studies claim it has increased two-fold since the 1980-1990s in…
Why we have to have empathy for ourselves
The terrible twos is a tough time for most parents or as the Danes call it: trodsalder “the boundary pushing age”. This is an interesting…
WHAT DANISH PARENTS KNOW ABOUT TEACHING EMPATHY
We all want our kids to be happy. And happiness is something the Danes have supposedly figured out, with research consistently showing that residents…
Empathy
“We are all wired for empathy, we just have to learn how to connect the wires to make it work.”