Highlighting Copenhagen Denmark

Impact On Early Emotional Development

Highlighting Copenhagen Denmark

I chose to take a look at Denmark, because it isn’t most talked about and I would like to learn what the children are experiencing, and the dynamics of their experiences and the thoughts of how those experiences could be affecting the children’s healthy development.

When looking at Denmark, the site seems to highlight mostly about the Children Climate Forum, and all the surrounding cities or countries, seem to be a focus on an increase of global awareness, and youth day events making children’s voices heard. Children living in these cities and surrounding countries seem to experience malnutrition, lack of medical health, and poor school and living conditions. There are links to stories of children in Kenya who are housed at schools a distance away from their families. Some of the children at the school cannot afford the housing section of stay at the school. So they are all housed together in one area with all their beds lined around with nets to keep out the mosquitoes. The children take a long walk which takes hours to get home, so they do not go home too often. The children and their families have strong beliefs that with an education they can help their families who are living poorly. In addition, the families lack proper health care, and must rely on the local doctor who usually give them a small amount of medicine for lack of supply, because the nearest hospital is a four-hour journey away on foot.   

Supporters of UNICEF Climate Change for Children, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and UNICEF Climate Ambassador Mohamed Axam Maumoon from Maldives meet during the United Nations Climate Change Conference; also, Queen Victoria and the Royal family of England. In addition, The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge & Crown Prince & Crown Princess of Denmark visit UNICEF’S supply Cent re, and Copenhagen to help 320,000 children severely malnourished that are at imminent risk of death, are just a few mentioned on the cite among many more supporters.  

Based on what I learned from taking a closer look at the daily functions of the children’s lives, I would be concerned of the emotional well-being and a healthy child development of the children because with-out proper nutrition a child’s brain could not function well. I would also be concerned about their healthy mental development along with a sense of connection, and belonging as they are absent from their families, because all children as well as adults need a sense of belonging and closeness with their families and established connections with others.

My personal and professional thoughts are that each time I learn of stories that depicts a life of what we see as a struggle for young children, it causes me to gain a whole new perspective on my life and this profession. I seem to get even stronger and more eager for working with children and my quest to work for change in our country that starts in my community first, because each thing I do to and with children, as well as what I say to them and around them matters. The types of community, and how that child see his/her community can have a positive, or negative effect on a developing child. Although the children from countries with this type of reality are experiencing what we see as hardship, can also be strength and character development for the children with this type of experiences. For example, while I often hear children in my community complain about school and attending school, and for these children, they are willing to walk several miles to school and back home each day, and some are willing to live away from home in order to attend school. They grow up with the idea that it will take education to aid them out of poverty, and they are eager to help their families out of poverty. I don’t want to see any child live these experiences, but I would like to see the children in my country have a better respect for education.