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Our columnists regularly share personal insights, experiences and thoughts about family life. Sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes humorous – always authentic and close to the everyday lives of parents.

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The unleashed grandparents

Treating yourselves to a few hours together as a couple while the grandparents look after the child? Our columnist needs increasingly sophisticated excuses to do this.

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For the love of animals

Our columnist's son no longer eats meat because he feels sorry for the animals. This causes his parents to falter - and they suddenly eat twice as much meat themselves.

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Friendship lasts until one becomes a father

Children can jeopardise long-standing friendships, writes Lukas Linder. Parents should never do without friends.

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The dispossessed father

Our columnist Lukas Linder wonders why he didn't become a father sooner and draws a charmingly unsparing conclusion.

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Of fans and fanatics

Our columnist discovers talents in his son. And realises that, as parents, we don't necessarily always have to encourage them.

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Our words as parents leave their mark

Lukas Linder immediately forgot most of his mother's advice. Except for one. This still characterises our columnist today.