136. Iben Sandahl: The Danish Way Of Parenting

Marriage and Martinis

Adam Silverstein

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Denmark consistently ranks in the top three countries in regards to happiness and fulfillment among its residents. Danielle speaks to distinguished writer and psychoanalyst Iben Sandahl about what they're doing differently from other countries, and what we can learn and implement into our own daily parenting in an attempt to achieve some of this same positivity. In this informative episode, they talk about everything from the importance of "free play," the danish family practice of "hygge" (togetherness), the beauty of boredom, and the balance between being honest and real with our children while still maintaining a sense of calm and safety when communicating with our children in the face of the pandemic. Obviously these methods aren't something most of us can realistically emulate in their entirety overnight. However, we can sprinkle many of the practices and values into our own behaviors within our households and hopefully reap some of the extraordinary benefits that come with their philosophies.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
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0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. And Oh, Hey everybody welcome to Maritre Martini's out Adam. Here is Danielle.
0:52.4	Hi. Hi.
0:53.4	Hi.
0:54.4	Adam's going to tell you what we're talking about today.
0:57.4	Yes.
0:58.4	Danish parenting.
0:59.4	Oh good.
1:00.4	Oh, come on, I'm not stupid. I edited for 10 seconds. Oh, okay. So you do now. All right. But you have to listen to the episode this week though because I want to implement some of this stuff and I need you on board. Well I do because I know I mean she comes from Denmark.
1:16.0	Exactly. Well that's Danish Denmark. Wow.
1:18.7	Is there aren't people like that's Disney World?
1:21.3	That's magical places. No, that's what it's it called? Oh yeah, the most magical place
1:26.5	Right. All right people like in Denmark aren't as us as Americans know them to be living like wow perfect lives kind of you know what
1:35.0	well that's one thing she tries to point out in the episode she says listen
1:38.1	there's no utopia but they're doing pretty good but it seems like they got a good head on their shoulders and they kind of got it going on they know what they're doing pretty good. But it seems like they got a good head on their shoulders and they kind of got it going on. They know what they're doing. They got it going on in Denmark. They do.
1:48.0	They do. It's like you talk to her and she sounds so calming and everything and you and I are like they got it going on and that Jersey angst comes out.
2:00.8	Yeah, turn on the sopranos and there you go. That's us. But anyway, I spoke to Eben Sendel. I've reached out to her because I have been following her on
2:10.8	Instagram for a while and I'm always I just always am so fascinated by
2:15.1	that the you know Denmark Norway Amsterdam all those but I always look at
2:21.6	those countries and I'm fascinated by how they are
2:24.6	raising the happiest people in the world consistently every year they're with the
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