Insta-Advent calendar: Our thought-provoking gifts 2021

In our Instadventskalender we publish a new saying every day from one of our magazines or online content from this year: 24 suggestions for a peaceful and contemplative Advent in your family.

Editor: Florina Schwander

Here you can click through all the Thinking Gifts that have appeared so far and also read the corresponding text. Every day in December, we'll be publishing a Thinking Door on our Facebook and Instagram profiles.

1 December 2021: Read the entire dossier on fathers here
2 December 2021: Watch the video from the series «And what do you think?» by Stefanie Rietzler and Fabian Grolimund here.
3 December 2021: Read the full text by Stefanie Rietzler here: When children dig into old wounds.
4 December 2021: Read the full text on self-confidence here: The strong child.
5 December 2021:Read the full text on self-confidence here: The strong child.
6 December 2021: Read the full interview with Margarete Killer-Rietschel here: «Almost everything that parents have missed can be ironed out».
7 December 2021: Read the full interview with Brigitte Contin-Waldvogel here: «Anxiety disorders in children have increased due to coronavirus».
8 December 2021: Read the full interview with Sophia Fischer here: «No matter how stupid a child acts - they have a right not to be beaten»
9 December 2021: Read the full text on the topic of «the gifted child» here: Giftedness: I'm really good at this!
10 December 2021: Read the full text by Stefanie Rietzler here: Moments that last
11 December 2021: Read the full article from the «Rewarding and punishing» dossier here
12 December 2021: Read the full text by Fabian Grolimund here: When fathers are present, everyone wins
13 December 2021: Read the full text on the topic of being parents, staying a couple.
14 December 2021: Read the full text from our kindergarten special issue here: Almost half-time!
15 December 2021: Read the full text from the dossier Being a role model: Do I want to be like this?
16 December 2021: Read the full interview with Reinhard Winter here: «Be grateful for arguments with your teenage son! This is the new form of closeness»
17 December 2021: Read the full text from the dossier Being a maths anxiety subject here: Zero desire for maths
18 December 2021: Read the full text from the special issue on career choices here: «It's important to listen to your gut feeling»
19 December 2021: Read the full interview with Annette Cina here: «Parents are not responsible for everything»
20 December 2021: Read the full text by Ellen Ringier here: How Fritz Fränzi learned to walk
21 December 2021: Read the full text from the dossier Tensions between school and home: How to work together successfully
22 December 2021: Read the full text here: How do you stay calm in everyday family life?
23 December 2021: Read the full text from the puberty dossier here: Generation Corona
24 December 2021: Read the full interview with Sarah Zanoni here: «We parents do less wrong than we think»


We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Advent season and thank you for your loyalty to us.