A blog of an ordinary Dane

In the United States you can. Friend and class-mates of Ellie Parker from Corvallis in Oregon are very concerned. On a family trip she suddenly disappeared from the world. Last contact from her was a call from a mobile phone followed by silence. Rumors...

If you choose to travel to Denmark on a Greencard you will most likely end up working as a cleaner or waiter. It doesn't matter if you have an engineering title or a PhD. The quality of the Danish education system is so good that you will end up competing...

Text from the petition page: Before dawn when I was 14 years old, three large men burst into my room while I was sleeping. As my parents watched, they pulled me from my bed, forced me to get dressed, handcuffed me, and dragged me from my house. I had...

The sale of Dong was approved today which will marked as a day of sorrow across Denmark. It won't be long before we cannot afford to heat our houses when the rich Americans drag profit back home without even having to pay taxes. I am almost starting to...

I believe that there are one or more children at risk in Chantilly, Virginia The child or children are siblings of 17 year old Sofia Petrova who was abandoned to die in Siberia. It sounds like a story from the purges of Stalin but it is a story about...

I was searching down old threads on Ivillage - a message board I am active on. There I found this thread: Skyline Journey, wilderness program..... First you will say: Here is a parent trying to help other parent. But this Kate: Why recommend a wilderness...

I searched Ivillage again and found yet another mysterious poster. A poster "Amcanmom" promotes the now closed Catherine Freer Wilderness Program a lot in this thread: BRAT CAMP Catherine Freer Wilderness Program is mostly known for being one of the most...

Two Marines from Italy are wanted by the central government in New Delhi. In International waters they shot at what looked like a ship belonging to pirates. It is rather normal for pirates to operate in the Indian Ocean as the navies from several countries...

A 16 year old boy should have a birthday party. Having a boy at that age I know what it is about. We are talking a lot of beers, wine and soda with alcohol in it. Alcohol is a rite of passage for ordinary teenagers in Denmark. The safe limit is 14.5....

Danish children have a world record when it comes to drinking alcohol. In fact most high schools have Friday bars where the teenagers drink alcohol after school just before the weekend. Is it unthinkable that some parents want to spare their children...