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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These are the countries where babies cry the most
As Featured in Quartz For new parents, there are few things more unsettling than an inconsolable infant. There’s an endless stream of books and…
Help! I don’t like my child’s new friend! – The Danish Way of Parenting
Michael is so much fun, your son says. But personally you think he’s a bad kid – what do you do? “Mum, can Michael…
How to recognize the signs of bullying and learn what to do
Unfortunately it is not uncommon for children to be exposed to bullying. Often children are too young to understand why it happens and what…
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.”