Danish preschool

[Anonymous]

I recently read this book about schools in Sweden, which seemed very similar. It was fascinating to see the differences, especially regarding time outside.

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently read this book about schools in Sweden, which seemed very similar. It was fascinating to see the differences, especially regarding time outside.

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

Is that the Swedish mom with two daughters who moved back to Sweden for a while?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Danes are the inspiration for High Tech High, a public charter school in San Diego that was founded in part by Qualcomm to address the skills gap in the high tech sector. They might be on to something. Our kids need to know how to take risks. We coddle them so much. Back in the day, kids had to help out on the farm etc. and definitely knew how to handle tools, sharp things and drive tractors. Now we want to protect them from every thing. Maybe we should take a page from the Danes.

blah. I am so tired of the whole "we must let our coddled children play with knives!" claptrap. If YOU want your child to play with knives, you can do so at home. My kid is not going to be farmer most likely, so he doesn't need to know how to sharpen a scythe.

So high and mighty and so pathetic at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently read this book about schools in Sweden, which seemed very similar. It was fascinating to see the differences, especially regarding time outside.

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

Is that the Swedish mom with two daughters who moved back to Sweden for a while?

Yes. I really enjoyed the book. I've also read Achtung Baby and Bringing Up Bebe, and this one was my favorite.

[Anonymous]

I thought about buying Achtung Baby but I'm waiting for it to be translated in my nativr language cause I'd like for friends and family to read it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The knives don't bother me, and neither does the tree. The open water would. I would think that drowning would be the biggest risk.

I also think that you could give kids the same benefits by just choosing a location away from open water.

That is kind of hard to achieve in Denmark - have you looked at the map? There is water everywhere!