INTERVIEW: Can early education make your children happy adults?

Jessica Joelle Alexander is a parenting expert, author and cultural researcher, with a specific expertise in the Danish parenting approach. Denmark has been ranked among the 'happiest' countries in the world for more than a decade and a big part of this ranking has been linked to learning empathy from a young age. Her books and research explores this concept - and how parents can foster compassion,resilience, emotional-intelligence and human connection from an early age.

Jessica Joelle Alexander Source: Supplied

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