Denmark’s ‘hands-off’ approach to parenting could offer a blueprint for raising more resilient, self-reliant kids
- Written by Marie Helweg-Larsen, Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College
Children play at Copenhagen's Superkilen Park. In Denmark, parents generally give their kids wide latitude to explore, use tools and push boundaries.Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAMuch has been written about Denmark’s consistently high scoresin global happiness rankings, so it might not come as a surprise that Denmark is also rated...