Combining intellectual curiosity and deep research with witty and heart-warming observation, this is a positive, thought-provoking parenting book for readers that are curious about how people in other cultures do things differently. Helen has been living Danishly for almost a decade now. Along the way Helen has learned that Scandinavian countries regularly top the UNICEF rankings in terms of happiness, education, equality and behaviors. By contrast, youngsters in the UK and US are more likely to suffer from mental ill-health than in almost any other rich country, and in the US, a third of all teenagers have symptoms that meet the criteria for an anxiety disorder. So, what are Vikings doing differently? What are the secrets to Viking parenting? And what can the rest of us learn from them?