Sunshine Parenting

In Episode 78, I'm chatting with Jessica Joelle Alexander, author of The Danish Way of Parenting. We talk about how the Danes raise happy kids who become happy adults. Big Ideas Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world. Danish people are happy because of the way they're raising their children. Happy children become happy adults. Free play is really important for children. The Danish way is simple and common sense. It's really important for students to have a feeling of belonging and connectedness. Quotes Jessica: "I have always actually been living in different countries and interested in cultural differences and studying cultural differences. My background is psychology." Jessica: "When my kids were born I became really fascinated by Danish children." Jessica: "I was reading the newspaper and I saw that Denmark had been voted as one of the happiest countries in the world- again. And that it had been for forty years in a row always in the top three." Jessica: "I had this lightbulb go off in my