The Danish Way of Parenting

The Danish Way of Parenting

Jessica Joelle Alexander, Iben Dissing Sandahl

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Danish parenting produces some of the world's happiest people through free play, honesty about feelings, optimistic reframing, empathy, calm authority, and cozy togetherness.

Six principles drawn from Denmark's consistently high happiness rankings, summarized by the acronym PARENT: Play, Authenticity, Reframing, Empathy, No ultimatums, Togetherness (hygge).

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