International Parenting Playbook: How Danes Prioritize Play in Their Parenting – Parent Map

We all want our kids to be happy. And happiness is something the Danes have supposedly figured out. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Denmark has been home to the “happiest people on Earth” for more than 40 years in a row. So, what’s the Danes’ secret? Here we interview co-author and Danish-parenting expert Jessica Joelle Alexander on the first of the six pillars of her PARENT acronym (Play, Authenticity, Reframing, Empathy, No ultimatums, Togetherness) from her best-selling book “The Danish Way of Parenting”.

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