Be a role model

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.

Julia Vincenz: "My personal happiness is the most important thing to my parents"

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.

Remain a role model - even for teenagers

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.

Martina and Martin Gerber: "Laughing together helps overcome a lot"

Development

3 min

«Laughing together helps to overcome a lot»

A mother and a father talk about the situations in which humour helps them and when there is nothing to laugh about.

Media

3 min

12 tips for good media education

If you want to teach your children how to use new media in a healthy way, you should also keep an eye on your own media consumption.

Columns

2 min

Help, do I have to stop smoking as a role model?

I smoke a cigar now and again, purely for pleasure. My wife is a non-smoker. Now we've noticed that our son, 15, smokes cigarettes in secret. When I ask him about it, he just says: «You smoke yourself.»