Education8 min«Children must be allowed to move freely outside»When is a child ready to walk to kindergarten alone? Educator Kerstin Ullmann on the expansion of a child's world.
Education3 min«Children also recognise the joke by the melody of the sentence»Psychologist Pauline Larrouy-Maestri researches the topic of irony and knows how to decipher its meaning.
Health5 minFrom what age do children understand irony?Parents often use ironic statements to avoid critical remarks. Not a bad idea in itself, but irony can also do harm.
Family3 min7 tips on how parents sleep betterJust one more episode of your favourite series to watch or social media to catch up on. Parents often go to bed later in the evening than is good for them. So you can get to bed earlier.
Family8 minWhen the end of the working day gets longer and longerWhen the evening gets longer and longer Once the kids are in bed, parents finally have time for themselves - and often end up going to bed later than is good for them. Time-outs during the day help to prevent this. Text: Birgit Weid
Family7 min«Children want to have a say»Should parents shield their children from the flood of bad news? Absolutely not, says social scientist Gisela Unterweger.
Education12 min«Young people are under a lot of psychological pressure»Youth researcher Klaus Hurrelmann says that children have never reached puberty as early as they do today. This changes the parent-child relationship.
Columns6 min«Children accept a no better when they recognise care»Psychologist Fabian Grolimund says that parents don't just have to set boundaries, but also encourage their children to stand up for themselves.
Education3 min«Self-care is so important!»Anita Bucher* has five children and has recently become a single parent. She has to set clear rules so that she can cope with everyday family life.
Education3 min«I have to set boundaries, even though I love freedom»Sarah Farsatis is a mother of four and has learnt from the birth of her children that it is important to set rules.
Education7 min5 Conflicts and how parents can set sensible boundaries herePsychologist Sarah Zanoni comments on 5 typical conflict situations and explains how fathers and mothers can react.
Education2 min«We focus on trust, respect and commitment»Julia Aellig and Orlando Bitzer explain why they value co-determination and why setting boundaries is important to them.
Education13 minHow to set sensible boundaries for childrenWhereas children used to be moulded to fit in with society, today they should grow up in a self-determined way. However, even in a partnership-based upbringing, rules and boundaries are needed.
Health7 minMother bullying: Why are mothers in particular so often criticised?Katharina Pommer has written a book about mum bullying. The therapist explains why women are so often belittled or criticised when it comes to bringing up their children.
Family2 minHow our brain reacts to stressOur genes and our environment have an influence on how we deal with stressful situations, says psychologist Nicole Strüber.
Development3 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.
Development4 minHow parents and genes shape usHow a child develops depends on a complex interplay between its genetic make-up and environmental factors.
Development14 minBe 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.
Development4 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.
Development4 minRemain a role model - even for teenagersIn this way, parents can continue to exert influence when their child begins to orientate itself towards others.
Development3 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.
