A preschool in southern Sweden has pioneered a zero tolerance policy on play fighting and aggressive games for the sake of children’s “mental wellbeing”, a step which triggered psychologists’ skepticism. Children at the Västanvinden preschool, located in Halmstad in southern Sweden, may no longer engage in play fighting, as aggressive games and war toys were dismissed as destructive... 

A pre-school in Sweden has decided to stop referring to children as “him” or “her” in an effort to obtain equality between the sexes from childhood. The Egalia preschool, in the Sodermalm district of Stockholm made the decision as a part of the national curriculum for Swedish preschools to stop children falling into gender stereotypes. Staff at the school has tried to shed...