Helen Russell
@MsHelenRussell
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🖊️ Journalist & Bestselling Author 📚 inc The Year of Living Danishly. How to Raise a Viking OUT NOW! 🎙TEDx speaker, host @bbc A Short History of Sadness
Joined February 2010
Talked to the @nytimes about rawdogging, boredom and THAT Substack post (c/o Living Danishly with Helen Russell) https://t.co/G8e28udE4N
nytimes.com
Boredom, or an approximation of it, is an online trend for young people trying to sharpen their attention spans.
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The listening pleasure you didn't know you needed... talking to the inimitable @Sarah_Montague about rawdogging and boredom on today's World At One @BBCRadio4 (and the Substack posted that spurred it: https://t.co/OsP00SfJUt)
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.@Wildfirebks to publish author and journalist @MsHelenRussell's new novel, Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk. Publication is set for late July 2026 👇
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Wildfire to publish author and journalist Helen Russell's new novel.
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Heatwave Britain could learn from Scandinavia about how to keep cool | Helen Russell (@MsHelenRussell) 👇This story is currently free to read 👇 https://t.co/pX0HItn7Bp
independent.co.uk
Like the UK, Nordic countries have been hit by unusually high temperatures this summer – so how do they survive sweltering heat without air-conditioning? Here's how, explains Helen Russell, author of...
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@MsHelenRussell spent more than a decade living Danishly before returning home with her three children She's been pleasantly surprised
inews.co.uk
Helen Russell spent more than a decade living Danishly before returning home with her three children. She's been pleasantly surprisedÂ
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🪨 What do Vikings know about raising children? Turns out, quite a lot… 🪨 Funny and unfailingly optimistic, HOW TO RAISE A VIKING is a deep dive into the parenting culture of Nordic nations and a love letter to @MsHelenRussell's adopted homeland. Out today in paperback!
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It's been a ride... now over at the other place @mshelenrussell.bsky.social
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Thanks @BusinessInsider for including The Danish Secret to Happy Kids in this piece: 'I raised my kids in Denmark. When we returned to the US, they were far more independent than their American peers' https://t.co/qIr1V5Fj3b
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Great piece @sweale @guardian on why children should be encouraged to play with mud https://t.co/43izNFxib4 - Nordic research on this for How To Raise a Viking đź“– fascinating #howtoraiseaviking #danishsecrettohappykids
theguardian.com
Experts say that as play spaces become more sanitised, children are deprived of a chance to connect with nature
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I have news… @Substack column out now on endings, beginnings, hope and home. Plus a brand new project/ride – I hope you’ll join me on it. No paywall for this post, so you can read it for free here: https://t.co/mhTDfZLUpb
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Great chatting with @zibbyowens all about the Nordic approach to childhood and the Danish secret to happy kids. Listen now, here https://t.co/O1SOOQZhYs
#danishsecrettohappykids #howtoraiseaviking @Sourcebooks
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Podcast Episode · Totally Booked with Zibby · 09/02/2024 · 22m
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Thanks so much for having me on the show @WGNMorningNews to talk The Danish Secret to Happy Kids (plus what we can steal to use wherever we are) https://t.co/VEo0b6losa
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Great to talk The Danish Secret to Happy Kids @WGNNews & the aspects of Viking parenting that can be applied wherever we are to make for happier, healthier children. Now, back outside, everyone... ;)
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Tears, Tantrums & Crabbing: A Delightfully Danish Ærø Adventure. Back from the break with a new post on island living and family holidays Danish style via @SubstackInc
https://t.co/uLaxUOYRkl
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Thank you to @nypost for this great piece on The Danish Secret to Happy Kids. How to raise a Viking? Lesson 1: let them throw all the snowballs.... ;) https://t.co/tSANmXqJqb
#livingdanishly #danishsecrettohappykids #howtoraiseaviking #nordicparenting
nypost.com
If you're a parent, skip the homework and send your kids outside to play. That's according to a journalist sharing helpful tidbits from Nordic countries' unique parenting styles.
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As readers of How to Raise a Viking/The Danish Secret to Happy Kids & #livingDanishly will know, there’s a no-nonsense approach to animals & the circle of life in Denmark (as evidenced by today’s trip to the children’s library) #danishsecrettohappykids #howtoraiseaviking
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Love this piece on Norwegian parenting - explored this and more over the past decade while researching my new book, How to Raise a Viking for anyone curious to find out more about the Nordic approach to parenting and children! #howtoraiseaviking
theguardian.com
In Norway, children walk to school aged six, or even travel across the country – and no one bats an eyelid. Why do these kids have so much independence, while other countries are so risk-averse?
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