Iben Dissing Sandahl Quotes

Through play, children experience a greater confidence in their bodies, surroundings and themselves. They become familiar with what they can and cannot do.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
When your kids get excited, let them have that feeling and share the excitement with them. Sharing makes it bigger.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
Help your child see others' emotions as well as experiencing his or her own without imposing your judgment.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
The best gift you can give your children is to keep yourself emotionally, physically, spiritually and intellectually healthy.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
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.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
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.
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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.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
The language we use is extremely powerful. It is the frame through which we perceive and describe ourselves and our picture of the world.
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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.
Iben Dissing Sandahl
I believe adopting free unstructured play, within an appropriate framework, has rich potential in bringing up happy, well-balanced and resilient children.
Iben Dissing Sandahl