Talk to your children about being prepared for emergency situations: The recent message from the authorities on the three-day survival can provoke anxiety among children and young people, as they will most likely imagine bombs and shelters. You need to take the time to speak with your children and explain the situation. De-dramatize it by explaining this is about cyber attacks that can cut electricity, internet, heat and water. It’s not about conventional warfare. Psychologist advice! Do not ignore or avoid this discussion.
The first wild beaver in Denmark after 2,500 years: see the video here. The first immigrant beaver in millennia can be found at the lakes in Maribo. He traveled for 40 kilometers across the Baltic Sea and it is expected that more will follow.
The danger of nicotine pouches: Young people in Denmark love the white nicotine pouches they can put under their lips. Little do they know that those small addictive bags are full of future health issues. For example, teeth can turn gray, followed by permanent injuries to the mouth and teeth.
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The Ministry of Health proposed a law to ban flavored nicotine pouches and white nicotine pouches with high nicotine content. If it passes in Parliament, it should come into force from July 2025. With this law, they want to put e-cigarettes and other vapor-based tobacco products under the same restrictions as cigarettes, meaning where you cannot smoke, you also cannot vape.
Free fertility treatment for the second child: The government entered into an agreement with the regions to provide free fertility treatment for a second child at a cost of 150 million DKK per year. The law should come into force from December 2024. Without government assistance, the cost of the fertility treatment per family is up to 100,000 DKK.
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To reduce waiting time (which already is quite significant), an agreement has been made with private clinics to provide publicly-funded treatments.
A growing number of people have given up on flying, choosing the train instead: It started many years ago, when almost a million people in the Nordics pledged to not fly for five years (including our executive editor, Narcis George Matache) to reduce their climate footprint. Fast forward to today, – the idea of not flying has become commonplace among young people.
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Compared to previous generations, there is a bigger sense of responsibility from young people (18-34 years old) with regards to climate. More are willing to stop driving, flying and eating meat, and to have fewer children.
8,883 families have applied for holiday help from Mødrehjælpen: Fewer than last year’s record (9,611), yet still a worryingly high number. The organization expected that the record employment and the good economic situation in Denmark will lift more families from poverty (by the Danish standards).
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The holiday help is 400 DKK per child.
