Iben Dissing Sandahl Quotes

Good begets good. Calm begets calm. It isn´t the child who is bad; it is the action that is bad.

When your kids get excited, let them have that feeling and share the excitement with them. Sharing makes it bigger.

The language we use is extremely powerful. It is the frame through which we perceive and describe ourselves and our picture of the world.

Life consists of many different stories. A person has not just one but countless life stories that weave in between each other and together create exactly that specific life and that specific human being.

Read all kinds of stories to your child. Don't be afraid if they don't all have happy endings. Being exposed to peaks and valleys of life encourages empathy, resilience, and feelings of meaningfulness and gratitude for our own lives.

Every child needs to be loved in gigantic quantities and with unbelievable quality.

We must remain calm as parents and try not to lose control of ourselves, when we become parents. For how can we expect our kids to control themselves if we can't do it? That seems unfair.

Surround yourself with friends and family who want to practice empathy and kindness. New mothers and parents are the ones who can benefit enormously from this support - we all can.

Feeling connected to others gives meaning and purpose to our lives.

I am touched by your kindness and loving comments on how the messages from the Danish way of Parenting - which comes from my heart - have changed your and your children's lives. Each and every one I keep in my personal treasure chest. Your support means everything!

Children are constantly focused on their parents and will mirror them. Therefore, what they experience in the home will be crucial for their empathy development.
Parents have a big responsibility because they are the primary example of empathy and must practice being empathic themselves.

Daring to be more honest and vulnerable often leads to great response in others, as it can be recognized emotionally - and in this emotional resonance you create closer ties.

Give children kindness, presence, and respect to help them develop a deeper sense of empathy. The art of seeing and meeting others as they are.

The Danish phenomenon "hygge" is about creating an atmosphere that is warm, relaxed, friendly, close, loving, comfortable and welcoming - a state of feeling connected and loved.

Being aware of yourself and choosing your behavior is the first step towards powerful life change.

I am not impressed by money, social status or job title. I am impressed by the way someone treats other human beings.

Hygge" is like a good hug - but without the physical contact.

I believe adopting free unstructured play, within an appropriate framework, has rich potential in bringing up happy, well-balanced and resilient children.

Becoming is better than being. Perfectionism doesn't exist. We need to stretch ourselves and continue learning.

Being in touch with reality but focusing on the more positive angles is being a realistic optimist. Realistic optimists merely filter out unnecessary negative information. They learn to tune out negative words and occurrences and develop a habit of interpreting ambiguous situations in a more positive manner.

Children's play is a way to express innate, spontaneous creativity.

The best gift you can give your children is to keep yourself emotionally, physically, spiritually and intellectually healthy.