Columns6 minWhat opportunities do computer games offer?Children and young people actually only play games for one reason: because it's fun. However, video games actually have far more potential.
Columns5 minLearning from mistakes - really?Mistakes must be corrected - this is the only way to learn. This is a conviction that many people rarely question. But it is worth doing.
Development13 minNew closeness: «Be grateful for arguments with your teenage son!»Reinhard Winter explains why conversations between parents and sons during puberty have a similar place to physical contact in early childhood.
Columns5 minWhen children dig into old woundsWhen parents get angry, they are often triggered by patterns from their own childhood, says psychologist Stefanie Rietzler.
Health8 min«Anxiety disorders in children have increased due to corona»Brigitte Contin-Waldvogel, Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Baselland, explains why children are particularly affected by the pandemic.
Columns6 minSeries can be addictiveThey are available anytime and anywhere: How series are engaging young viewers in the age of streaming and what parents should look out for.
Columns3 minPlanet of the TeenagersYoung people have their own language, which our columnist Michèle Binswanger tries to decode.
Education4 minGrowing up in uncertain timesChildren are born into an ever faster changing world. Schools should also teach people how to live with this uncertainty.
Blog3 minOh shock, the daughter wants a tattoo!The time is ripe for a tattoo, says the daughter in a serious voice, the phase of deliberation is now over and coming of age is within reach. What now?
Columns5 minChildren need trust, not a digital dog leashEducation is far too important to be left to technical devices. Controlling your child digitally is therefore not a good idea.
Education14 minDepression: Shadows on the soulPuberty is a time of change. Mental illnesses such as depression occur more frequently at this time. How does depression develop and how does it manifest itself?
Health12 min«We have forgotten how to find normal body shapes beautiful»Child psychiatrist Dagmar Pauli on false ideals, bad role models and signs by which parents can recognise the onset of an eating disorder.
Career choice6 minThis is the perfect (teaching) positionThe road to his daughter's apprenticeship is one thing above all for our dad blogger: a nerve-wracking wave ride.
Gaming6 minBrutal games do something to the child's soulWhen teenagers play first-person shooters, parents are usually worried. Our columnist Thomas Feibel knows when caution is advised and which games to play.
Columns8 minThe children will soon be fledged - a summer dramaIn her house by the lake, Michèle Binswanger thinks about what her life will be like when the children have left home.
Blog4 minHelp, our children are on Tinder!After a heartbreak, our son is looking for a distraction. Basically a good idea, says blogger Irma Aregger, until she sees that he's on Tinder.
Education5 min«The mother doesn't have to cover all needs»Psychologist Giulietta von Salis on the role of the mother in attachment research, who children particularly bond with and how this changes with age.
Health7 minHelp, my child has a fever!What parents should do in specific cases of fever, what antipyretics and antibiotics can do and which home remedies help.
Family2 minSpecial support programme for girlsThe Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW has launched a new support programme especially for girls. Take part in the challenge!
Columns3 minDeep Work? Mikael Krogerus on homeschoolingMikael Krogerus gets help from Silicon Valley for distance learning at home. His conclusion after three weeks of homeschooling.
Columns2 minChildren and cats are the true corona mastersThe only two things I've learnt so far in this *** corona crisis have been from my children. And from my cats.
Family16 minPaths to addictionThe market for substances has grown rapidly in recent years. When should parents be wary? When is too much too much?
Health8 minAlways pale and constantly tiredWe show which conventional and complementary medical therapies help young people with an iron deficiency.
Columns3 minGuerrilla parents: Why children need more resistanceMany children suffer from misunderstood encouragement, writes Michèle Binswanger and, as a mother, is practising more resistance.
