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Coming up Soon: Calling all poets, polygots and Picasso wannabes

Virginia Pedani
March 15th, 2019


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Channel your inner Picasso (Nathan Laurell / flickr)

Enjoy the company of artists and channel your inner-Picasso. End the session with a brush in one hand and a glass of wine in the other (Fridays 17:00-19:00; Absalon church, Sønder Boulevard 73, Cph V; 70kr, billetto.dk)

Learn everything you need to know about the Danish tax system at this English-language briefing (March 27, 17:00-19:00; International House CPH, Gyldenlovesgade 11, Cph V; limited numbers; ihcph.kk.dk)

For international parents, childcare can be a minefield, but help is at hand from this handy English-language briefing, where kids are also welcome (March 21, 16:30-18:30; International House CPH, Gyldenlovesgade 11, Cph V; free adm; ihcph.kk.dk)

Attend a symposium where ethnographers will reflect upon and explore questions about the massive datafication of our everyday life (March 21 & 22; Rued Langgaardsvej 7, Cph S; free adm – registration required; antech.aau.dk

Poets, storytellers, stand-up comedians – all are welcome at the Copenhagen Theatre Circle’s Open Stage event (March 22, 19:00-21:30; Café Cadeau, HC Ørsteds Vej 28, Frederiksberg; free adm; ctcircle.dk)

Nørrebro wine store Rødder & Vin is celebrating its fifth birthday. People will be dancing in the street … to the ‘Singing in the Rain’ tune, probably (March 15, 14:00-23:00; Ravnsborggade 8, Cph N)

Practise a multitude of languages at this regular Studenterhuset event (March 23 and every second Sat, 15:30; Studenterhuset, Kobmagergade 52, Cph K; free adm; studenterhuset.com)

Test your Danish skills at this fortnightly language summit (March 19 and every second Tue, 12:00; International House CPH, Gyldenlovesgade 11; free adm; ihcph.kk.dk)

Attend a debate on the cultural and technical consequences of being increasingly tracked and analysed (March 15, 17:00-19:00; Blågårdsgade 19, Cph K; meetup.com)


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Moreover, 21 percent of those surveyed admitted to medicating their kids with paracetamol, such as Panodil, before sending them to school.

The FOLA parents’ organisation is shocked by the findings.

“I think it is absolutely crazy. It simply cannot be that a child goes to school sick and plays with lots of other children. Then we are faced with the fact that they will infect the whole institution,” said FOLA chair Signe Nielsen.

Pill pushers
At the Børnehuset daycare institution in Silkeborg a meeting was called where parents were implored not to bring their sick children to school.

At Børnehuset there are fears that parents prefer to pack their kids off with a pill without informing teachers.

“We occasionally have children who that they have had a pill for breakfast,” said headteacher Susanne Bødker. “You might think that it is a Panodil more than a vitamin pill, if it is a child who has just been sick, for example.”

Parents sick and tired
Parents, when confronted, often cite pressure at work as a reason for not being able to stay at home with their children.

Many declare that they simply cannot take another day off, as they are afraid of being fired.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, a professor of virology at KU, has heavily criticised the parents’ actions, describing the current situation as a “vicious circle”.

“It promotes the spread of viruses, and it adds momentum to a cycle where parents are pressured by high levels of sick-leave. If they then choose to send the children to daycare while they are still recovering, they keep the epidemic going in daycares, and this in turn puts a greater burden on the parents.”