How Danish people unlocked the secret to raising teens

"Statistically, there's evidence there are Danish teens are the healthiest and happiest and best adjusted teenagers in the world."

The Danish way of raising children is one of the best in the world for helping teens become mentally strong and well adjusted, psychologist Iben Sandahl explains the secret behind it.

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[Anna-Bernadette]

Trust and respect. I've always treated my children with respect and have, in turn, received that respect back from my children.

[HiKasandra]

Confident and empowered teens grow into confident and empowered adults. ~ X

[The_ZeroLine]

Some people might be thinking “you’re telling your kids about how to drink safely? They shouldn’t be at all!” It’s that approach that leads to binge drinking death and accidents, which are incredibly high in America where parents have that abstinence attitude while it’s incredibly rare in most European countries. It’s also why American kids starting college have crazy high rates of dangerous drinking.

[janpeterbaark]

This is a complete distorted view of what is going on in Denmark. Teenagers in Denmark are having serious problems. Its so serious that it was one of main problems discussed in the recent election. Sadly its so complex that the simplistic views of this psychotherapist is not going to be any help.

[KevanKChannel]

2:40 she talks about trust. Do you know how hard it is to offend Scandinavian people? In the name of open mindedness they accept everything. Almost no behavior is unacceptable behavior. The way their teenagers talk to their parents is just horrendous yet the parents just act like nothing is happening. You trust that your kid will respect your boundaries as parent. But what boundaries? You are not religious, you don't have family values (Scandinavian individualism) then what are you trusting exactly?