8 to 12 years

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Education

17 min

How much parental anxiety is normal?

Evolution has endowed us with concern for our children. How do you find a good way to deal with parental anxiety?

Media

2 min

How influencers influence our children

Leading figures from the Internet shape the values and behaviour of young people, so parents should know them.

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Health

8 min

Why can't you just hear?

It is estimated that 2 to 3 per cent of all people worldwide are affected by AVWS. A diagnosis is only possible from at least eight years of age.

Columns

6 min

How digital education succeeds

Experts are debating how digital education can succeed. But one thing is clear: schools need pedagogical concepts above all else.

Education

13 min

«We should support children in feeling shame and following it»

Researcher Ursula Immenschuh says that one's own shame is one of the most important developmental impulses. A conversation about an abysmal emotion and the question of how parents can help their child to deal with it sensitively.

Health

3 min

Sweet, sweeter, sweet drinks

Children love sweet drinks. However, the high sugar content of sweet thirst quenchers provides lots of calories and fuelling cravings.

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Education

14 min

How your child learns to take responsibility

Over time, responsibility should gradually pass from parent to child. How mums and dads master this balancing act.

Family

6 min

«Therapy is less stigmatising for parents»

Psychiatrist Karen Braken-Portmann explains the advantages and disadvantages of home treatment for mentally ill mothers and fathers.

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School

5 min

My 3 highlights as headmistress

What events does a headteacher never forget, even after 20 years? Lisa Lehner looks back on three moving moments.

Education

2 min

«We should trust children to do something»

Gwendolyn Nicholas and Nico Lopez Lorio let their sons travel around the city alone on public transport from the age of eight. Today, their five-year-old daughter is often there too.

Education

3 min

«Children need to know what they need»

Karin and Stephan Graf are convinced that empathy is the key to personal responsibility.

Education

3 min

«I thought I would take it easy»

Simone Steiner and Paolo Bogni were independent early on as children. This makes it all the more surprising that they often find it difficult to let go as parents.

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Education

7 min

Personal responsibility and independence - how it works

How do I realise that I can hand over more responsibility to my child? These and nine other questions from parents and answers from experts.

Education

2 min

«There's only one thing to do: practise!»

There are many dangers lurking on the way to school. Traffic counsellor Sabine Degener explains what parents can do to ensure their child's safety.

Media

2 min

It doesn't always have to be educationally valuable

We parents like to relax in front of the screen. But we often don't like to see our children doing the same. Why is that?

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Columns

2 min

How do I promote independent learning?

The seventh episode of the video series "12 Impulses for Teachers" by Fabian Grolimund and Stefanie Rietzler takes a critical look at the topics of independence and self-organised learning and explains why it is particularly important in this area for teachers to orientate themselves to the pace and developmental stage of the pupils.

School

3 min

«The counselling role has made me more self-confident»

Petra Brem and her husband have three children: Nelia, Malin and Leanne. Nelia was a consultant in the ideas office at Kaisten primary school last term.

School

3 min

«We would have been spared a lot of suffering with such counselling»

Stephanie Hagmann and her partner have an 8-year-old daughter. The family has been taking part in the family classroom since summer 2020.

Development

3 min

«Paolo is sorry that he was so quick-tempered»

A mum has problems with her 12-year-old son. Now they both take part in the family classroom at their school. A field report.

Education

13 min

«If we parents play learning police, we won't achieve anything»

Stress and grades demotivate many children and prevent them from learning, says developmental psychologist Moritz Daum in this month's interview.

Family

6 min

The 10 best tips for a stress-free day of swimming with children

Summer is here and attracts families to the water. We have put together ten tried and tested tips for parents so that you don't have to end your day in the water with Valium.

Columns

3 min

What is the most important thing we should give our child?

A solid legacy or patience with yourself? The answers from our team of experts are once again very different.

Bullying

6 min

«If the child isolates themselves, parents should get help»

«Body Positivity» influencer Morena Diaz on her relationship with her body after giving birth and bullying at school.

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Education

17 min

Conflicts: thick air in the family

Homework, going out, media consumption: there are many areas of conflict in families. But why do we argue so often with our loved ones? How can arguments be turned into something constructive? And what should we never do in an argument?

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