Conflicts: Our topic in June

Dear reader

You are holding the 175th issue of Fritz+Fränzi in your hands. Launched 21 years ago, our magazine is now the largest parenting guide in Switzerland. And an established institution in the field of parental education. Fritz+Fränzi, founded by Ellen Ringier and published by the non-profit foundation Elternsein, is no longer just a magazine. We bundle videos and podcasts under the Fritz+Fränzi brand , organise lectures and panel discussions, produce booklets for parents of kindergarten children, support young people in their career choices, inform thousands of people every day with our website, are active on social networks, send out a fortnightly newsletter to 40,000 subscribers and raise our voice against cyberbullying and hate online.

We impart educational knowledge in an understandable, practical way and without admonishing fingers.

All activities pursue one goal: to support and inform mothers, fathers and those interested in parenting.
and inform them. We impart parenting knowledge in an understandable, practical and non-punitive way. We categorise complex relationships, provide comfort and act as a beacon for parents in both challenging and relaxed times with their children. «Parenting today is no longer a matter of common sense,» says family coach Katrin Aklin from the Zurich-based OPA Foundation. «We urgently need to update our knowledge of parenting instead of clinging to experiences from our own childhood. Future-ready children need parents who rethink their role and educate themselves further.»

Conflicts: thick air in the family

Be honest: how often do you argue at home? Have you ever wondered why we are so often at odds with our loved ones? Our June dossier explores the question of how conflicts arise. What adults and children can learn from conflict situations in the family. And what you should avoid at all costs in the event of an argument. The most important sentence for me is at the end of the text by our author Kristina Reiss: «If the offspring feel like an equal part of the family, there are fewer arguments.»

Every parent-child relationship is unique. But what characterises the different gender constellations? How does a mother's relationship with her daughter differ from that with her son? And what is special about father and daughter or father and son? We are exploring these questions in a four-part series. In the first part, we look at the mother-son relationship. A mother is the first woman in a boy's life and shapes him throughout his life. She is an attachment figure and influences his emotional balance and satisfaction in later relationships. «Mother and son: between closeness and distance» - you can read the start of our series here.

We look forward to the next 175 issues. We make Fritz+Fränzi for you, dear reader. And we do it the way we like to read the magazine ourselves.

Yours sincerely,
Yours, Nik Niethammer