As our partner Dolores announced yesterday, a UNICEF study placed children in Spain as the happiest fifths of the 21 richest countries in the world, suggesting that children in Finland, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands are happier than our children, These first.
Via the digital newspaper 20minutes, we know that today, the British BBC has examined the possible causes of why Dutch children are the happiest in the world.
Paul Vangeert, professor of psychology of human development at the University of Groningen, gives us some clues.
The basis of a person feeling good is good communication and the average Dutch families are very open and communicative, have a good relationship with their children and often talk about any subject. Holland is a very rich country, which seeks a good education and careful health, also allows the rate of working mothers to be much lower than other countries, Dutch moms are more likely to stay at home to raise their children, or by At least to take a long season without working to devote to them.
They also have a special concern for the welfare of young people, Holland is considered a society focused on children where their main concern is the care of children.
According to Vangeert, the fact that the Dutch are more permissive on issues such as alcohol, drugs or sex, makes the problems that education can present lighter, it is also considered that given the “special” attention given to it It gives children and young people in Holland, be they the ones who carry the pan by the handle in their families, being able to unbalance the happiness that should reign in their homes.
Finally, given the conclusions of the studies and exams, we draw ours, and one of them is that the family model mentioned by Paul Vangeert is very similar to the average Spanish families. Keep in mind that the Netherlands has a population of approximately 17 million inhabitants, Spain almost triples and the United States better not to name it and was in the 20th position of the ranking. Let's also keep in mind that
