Enjoyed reading every bit of this! I have a curious 3 year old boy and a city dwelling 11 year old girl, and this inspired me to plan our next vacation off the grid!
Camilla! So wonderful to "meet" you here. I'm actually dreaming that we could also live in Southeast Asia for a bit - you have so many incredible places to go on adventures nearby (I mean, I want to go wander around the rice terraces and chase waterfalls there!). I think it would be a wonderful way to "be a little wild" especially for your son and also for your daughter to connect with her inner "wonder woman" (thinking of the opening scene).
"I found a “hygge” or “koselig” (loosely translated to feeling cozy and finding joy in the little things) " - interesting, and telling, that we don't have single words or these concepts for this in English! Sounds like we could all benefit from having more of these in our lives!
Hi Gary! I was so surprised how many words there actually are that don't have a direct translation: a lot of them have to do with happy childhood and play like "kuraleikki" and "loskaleikki" = "leikki" is play and "kuraleikki" is play (jumping, splashing around) in muddy fall puddles and "loskaleikki" is same in slush! And "sisu" which is the core value here, which loosely translated means "grit". It seems like a lot of these words describe things that are cozy, happy, and about play, or not letting outside forces (like weather) throw you off!
I love this. I wish i had this mindset and understanding when my three boys were young. I have half Norwegian blood but seem to only have embraced the koselig aspects of my heritage, not the Viking adventurer parts. Im enjoying hearing about your perpective on parenting in Scandinavia. I raised my sons in NYC and suburban Philadelphia.
Thanks Kristin! I must admit one of my first thoughts when getting these reactions in Norway was "why hasn't anyone told me this before!" or "why didn't anyone told me in the past 8 years that it's also OK to be a true adventurer and with no harm done, rough and tumbling even in (some) public places is not such a big deal. And how exciting to hear you are half Norwegian! Do you have a chance to go visit Norway? Your boys might love an extreme Norwegian nature adventure to connect with their "Viking DNA"!
Enjoyed reading every bit of this! I have a curious 3 year old boy and a city dwelling 11 year old girl, and this inspired me to plan our next vacation off the grid!
Camilla! So wonderful to "meet" you here. I'm actually dreaming that we could also live in Southeast Asia for a bit - you have so many incredible places to go on adventures nearby (I mean, I want to go wander around the rice terraces and chase waterfalls there!). I think it would be a wonderful way to "be a little wild" especially for your son and also for your daughter to connect with her inner "wonder woman" (thinking of the opening scene).
*my children and I are from Manila
"I found a “hygge” or “koselig” (loosely translated to feeling cozy and finding joy in the little things) " - interesting, and telling, that we don't have single words or these concepts for this in English! Sounds like we could all benefit from having more of these in our lives!
Hi Gary! I was so surprised how many words there actually are that don't have a direct translation: a lot of them have to do with happy childhood and play like "kuraleikki" and "loskaleikki" = "leikki" is play and "kuraleikki" is play (jumping, splashing around) in muddy fall puddles and "loskaleikki" is same in slush! And "sisu" which is the core value here, which loosely translated means "grit". It seems like a lot of these words describe things that are cozy, happy, and about play, or not letting outside forces (like weather) throw you off!
I love this. I wish i had this mindset and understanding when my three boys were young. I have half Norwegian blood but seem to only have embraced the koselig aspects of my heritage, not the Viking adventurer parts. Im enjoying hearing about your perpective on parenting in Scandinavia. I raised my sons in NYC and suburban Philadelphia.
Thanks Kristin! I must admit one of my first thoughts when getting these reactions in Norway was "why hasn't anyone told me this before!" or "why didn't anyone told me in the past 8 years that it's also OK to be a true adventurer and with no harm done, rough and tumbling even in (some) public places is not such a big deal. And how exciting to hear you are half Norwegian! Do you have a chance to go visit Norway? Your boys might love an extreme Norwegian nature adventure to connect with their "Viking DNA"!