22/10/2026
What if kindness was a school subject? 🌍 In Denmark, children aged 6 to 16 spend one hour each week in a class called Klassens tid. They sit together and talk about problems and solve them as a team. Many reports say this became mandatory in 1993.
A study of 279,000 students in 44 countries, reported by the University of Southern Denmark, found that Danish children are among the least bullied in Europe. đź“Š Researchers say online bullying still needs work. No study proves the class alone caused this, yet feeling heard helps children learn care. đź’› Imagine growing up with that hour. Would the world be gentler?
Sources: University of Southern Denmark, Danish School Children’s Survey and HBSC study on bullying in 44 countries, Aleteia, “Denmark might have discovered a way to teach kids empathy”
MorningFuture, “Empathy? In Denmark, they’re learning it in school”
