There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

by Linda Åkeson McGurk

Back in the States, the challenge for me had always been to get the girls outside enough after my workday was over, when I also had to prepare dinner, do laundry, help with homework, run errands, and do all the other little things that make a home go round. We made it outside every day, but not always for as long as I’d have liked. Now I had all kinds of help making it happen throughout the day, every day. To say that it was nice would be the understatement of the year. And for the first time I feel like we’re successfully able to strike a healthy balance between green time and screen time.