The Danish Way

What the happiest people in the world know about raising confident, capable kids.

Iben Sandahl

Predictability Leads to Positive Habits

3 tips to help you regain control and create positive and lasting habits that will make your child calm and cooperative.

Striving to Act in Empathy Instead of Jumping to Judgment

How seeing the good in others can help bring love and forgiveness into the world.

5 Tips to Help Your Child Cope With Anxiety

Children don't act out because they want to make life hard, but because they are attempting to tell us something important.

Unresolved Ultimatums

Dinner time often means power struggles between parents and children. Learn how to find a better way out.

Don’t Worry If Your Child Is Bored

Make a choice. Is it okay for you having relaxing moments? If so, create an atmosphere at home where it feels okay to have your guard down and do absolutely nothing.

The Idea of Praise

Children need space and trust to allow them to master things by themselves, to make and solve their own problems. This creates genuine self-esteem and self-reliance.

When Children's Loneliness Turns Into a Fantasy World

If we fill up our children’s 'glass of loneliness,' it doesn't only bring more peace into their lives, it also gives us the satisfaction of feeling like a better parent.

What You Think—and Say—is Crucial for Your Child's Life

Positive thinking must become a habit we practice every day, not merely when it's convenient. Reframing helps kids (and adults) cope with setbacks and look on the bright side.

Let Kids Play Outside

Playing outside, digging for worms, planting vegetables, and essentially coming into contact with plenty of dirt and livestock are actually good things. Not just good — essential.

7 Guidelines for Talking to Your Child About Sexuality

Talking openly to our children about sexuality leads to them learning about the beauty of their own bodies, and to love every part of themselves.

A Call for Connection

Due to the technological age we find ourselves in, it is important to remember what true connection looks like. Meeting with friends connects and commits us on a deeper level.

Overlooking the Fundamentals of the Classroom Experience

If we don’t start to acknowledge the necessity of human connectedness our children will lose sight of the importance of meaningful relationships.

Finding Peace Within–A New Year’s Wish

It's almost like beneath our New Year’s promises there is something written in invisible ink. Other stories—a narrative about not being worth our own weight at all.

Love Isn’t Enough

There are many factors creating turmoil, insecurity, and stress in our children’s lives. One is the many inputs children take in every day.