Be a role model

6 min

It's not what we say that counts, but what we do

Children are acutely aware when parents don't practise what they preach. Showing attitude is more advisable than being a role model.

Education

8 min

Mucking out with children: The 9 most important insights

Endless collecting? An educationalist and a tidying expert explain how the chaos in the children's room can be controlled.

Health

6 min

«Sometimes I force my daughter to go out»

A mother is worried because her eight-year-old daughter has no friends. She calls the parents' helpline for advice.

Development

6 min

This is how we teach children self-respect

Parents and teachers play a crucial role in instilling self-respect and self-esteem in a child.

Career choice

4 min

«Parents must put their child at the centre»

Choosing a career is teamwork. Careers counsellor Lars Hering on the different career ideas of parents and young people.

Columns

3 min

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.

Columns

3 min

Why isn't he dancing?

On the day of his big theatre performance, of all days, the son of our columnist Lukas Linder has a rash.

Education

14 min

How can good communication be achieved in the family?

In hectic everyday family life, it's easy to say the wrong thing. How parents learn to engage with their children and find the right words.

Family

16 min

How can parents deal better with stress in everyday life?

Many parents feel constantly stressed and rushed in everyday life with its endless to-do lists. Why is that? And above all: how can we get out of it?

Columns

6 min

When children argue all the time

In some families, there are very frequent conflicts between the children. How should parents intervene?

Education

13 min

How does a good father-son relationship work?

Fathers are decisive for sons in identity formation and characterise the handling of aggressive feelings.

Columns

6 min

«We tend to teach children responsibility»

Family counsellor Christine Ordnung says we need to preserve a child's integrity so that they learn to act responsibly.

Education

14 min

How does a good mother-daughter relationship work?

Mothers shape their daughters throughout their lives. How strong is their influence and what really makes a good mother-daughter relationship?

Bullying

6 min

«A child should be allowed to resolve conflicts themselves»

Psychologist Fabian Grolimund says that the foundations for social behaviour are laid at an early age. It is therefore particularly important for parents to set an example of such behaviour.

Family

14 min

How does a good father-daughter relationship work?

Fathers challenge their daughters, strengthen their self-esteem and influence later partnerships and career paths. However, the relationship also harbours difficulties.

Blog

7 min

The Botox culture harms children's self-esteem

Mothers and fathers often don't realise the disastrous effects of their pursuit of the perfect life: children become obsessed with meaningless things - and even five-year-olds are preoccupied with how stupid, ugly or uncool they are instead of being happy and feeling secure.

Columns

6 min

Does society influence the Internet or vice versa?

Unfortunately, the web often brings out the bad side of people. Parents should be role models here - because children and young people need a moral compass.

Development

3 min

«We exemplify respect and tolerance»

Marcelle Graf is a management assistant in an office. Ariseo and Nelio's father also lives in St. Gallen and is present despite their separation.

Development

4 min

How parents and genes shape us

How a child develops depends on a complex interplay between its genetic make-up and environmental factors.

Columns

3 min

Wee-wee in the tipi

When camping with the kids, you learn what it means to have children: It's hard, but you survive.

Development

14 min

Be a role model: Do I want to be like that?

Children orientate themselves towards role models, imitate them, set themselves apart - and thus find their identity. Parents are the first guardrails for girls and boys.

Development

6 min

«Young people can choose their own role models»

Developmental psychologist Moritz Daum says that when older children are looking for role models, outward appearances do not have to be more important than inner values.

Development

4 min

«My happiness is the most important thing to my parents»

Julia Vincenz is training as a childcare specialist and lives in Zurich with her parents Martina Arpagaus and Curdin Vincenz and her brother Florian.

Development

4 min

Remain a role model - even for teenagers

In this way, parents can continue to exert influence when their child begins to orientate itself towards others.

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