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How to Work, Love and Play like the Danes

What if you could move to a country that made it the norm for working parents to take it easy and spend more time with their kids?  In Brigid Schulte's book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One has the Time , she explores how different Denmark is from the rest of the world, particularly when it comes to parenting, leisure and sharing of household tasks by men and women. Denmark: Parenting comes first, Productivity second  The Danish economy is one of the most competitive in the world and it is also has one of the most productive ranking with one of the highest standards of living in the world.                                           [Image Credit: http://www.pexels.com/] Consider this: Denmark has one of the longest paid parental leaves and one of the highest rates of mothers who work in the labor market in the world. Danish men do almost as...