A Danish home

It is very hard to describe Danish homes without generalizing too much but we would describe them as mostly white and fashionable. Many Danish houses are built with bricks, especially with red bricks. The furniture is also light and simple and a lot of it comes from Ikea. To be precise 34% of all Danish furniture is bought in Ikea. Danish homes are filled with televisions. A statistic shows that in 1999 there were 693 television per 1000 citizens in Denmark. We made a statistic ourselves asking the students from the 8th grade and it showed that we now have about 3500 televisions per 1000 family.
A Danish family:
Statistically every woman gives birth to 1,8 children in Denmark .A family with younger children get child benefits on the first two children every 3rd month until the children are 18 years. As both parents normally work the younger children are in institutions from the age of one. At the age of six the children start attending school. If the parents can’t take care of their child or children the municipality can remove the children from their parents and the children are placed in a foster care.
In Denmark we pay taxes and that pays for instance for our roads, hospitals and schools. which includes free hospital treatment, libraries and free schooling. There are however some private hospitals and schools where you have to pay, for instance Nyborg Friskole.
The daily life of Danish teenagers:
The day starts about 7:00 am when the family wakes up and gets ready for school and work. We attend school about 8:15 am and it ends about 2:30 pm. When the school is finished, and all our homework is done, we almost have the rest of the day off and we can choose, what we want to do.
Some spend their spare time on their hobbies like playing soccer,handball, doing gymnastics or playing music. Two of my friends for instance spend six and a half hours on gymnastics a week. Then others have a hobby that does not take out much of their spare time like following a TV series once a week.
In the weekend we can take the train to Odense, which is the 3rd biggest city in Denmark. Here we can go shopping or sit at a café and hang out. Some teenagers can easily spend hundreds of Danish Kroner on clothes,electronics and shoes each month.
Teenagers also spend much of their spare time on the computer playing games, listening to music on YouTube or reading the news on Facebook. Some teenagers spend hours on Facebook and update their profile daily.
So after a day full of homework, computer, music , friends or hobbies Danish families almost only see each other at dinner.
Chores in the house:
Teenagers do a variety of things in the house and some do it to earn some extra pocket money. The chores are for instance cleaning the house, set the table, wash the dishes, empty the trash, cook dinner or help in the garden. If it was up to us we would of course do nothing, lets just say it as it is: we are a bit lazy, when it comes to chores around the house.
Rights and privileges of a danish teenager:
All children and teenagers have the right to get an education, but it is also an obligation. You have the right to be in charge of your own money.When you get older your parents should listen more to the things you say.
At the age of:
- 13: you can get a small job, like delivering newspapers. You may only work two hours per day on a school day, 12 hours per week in a school week and 35 hours per week in a holiday
- 14: you can be charged of a crime.
- 15: you may have sex. You may work in a shop or a supermarket but you may also only work two hours per day on a school day and you may not work between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am.
- 16: you may buy alcoholic beverages with a percentage of alcohol under 16.5 and you are also allowed to drive a scooter.
- 18: you are legally an adult. You may drive a car, buy strong alcoholic beverages and you have the right to vote.
It is must normal to leave home at the age of 18 to 20 were many have finished their further education and many proceed to their higher education.

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