Best 19 quotes of Iben Dissing Sandahl on MyQuotes

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.

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

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

Help your child see others' emotions as well as experiencing his or her own without imposing your judgment.

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.

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

I really do believe stories about the struggles of life do help foster resilient and happy children. They make Tips children understand the whole spectrum of life.

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

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

There aren’t always good reasons for a child’s emotions, or easy solutions for them, but by at least acknowledging them and trying not to judge them, we are teaching respect.

There aren´t always good reasons for a child´s emotions, or easy solutions for them, but by at least acknowledging them and trying not to judge them, we are teaching respect. Imagine if adults´ emotional states were constantly disregarded as ridiculous, unnecessary, or wrong and we were told how to feel instead.

Think of the things you most dislike hearing in yourselves and then put a mirror up. That is what you will get from your child.

Through play, children experience a greater confidence in their bodies, surroundings and themselves. They become familiar with what they can and cannot do.

Toys can be anything; children can play all morning with a stone and a plastic bucket. It is about how imaginative conductive and how many applicative possibilities toys offer.

Traditions are important because they connect people. And we all need to feel a part of something bigger. Family values can be converted into powerful routines and create strong and meaningful traditions. Traditions don´t have to be BIG and time-consuming arrangements, instead it is the atmosphere and energy you decide to put into the arrangement that matters.

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.

We sometimes think we are helping kids by pushing them to perform or learn faster, but leading them in the right moment of their development will yield much better results—not only because of the learning itself, which will surely be more pleasurable, but because the children will be more assured of the mastery of their skills, since they feel more in charge of acquiring them.

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

Worrying about life’s circumstances of those I love, but over which I have no control is a dangerous, never-ending and pointless game to play.