Parenting and Education in Denmark

Childcare and schooling are where a culture states its values out loud: how early a child is trusted on their own, what a good exam looks like, whether a father working in a daycare is unremarkable or worth mentioning.

I write about these institutions both as a researcher and as a parent inside them — including the guilt, the comparisons, and the moments when a Danish norm turns out to rest on something I did not expect.