Corona

14 min

The invisible suffering after the pandemic

Headaches, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating: children and young people can also be affected by Long Covid. Take 15-year-old Lea from Zurich, for example.

Learning

5 min

How can school become a happy place?

People, routines and places can help children master the challenges of a learning environment like school.

Columns

6 min

«Happiness travels with you»: Venice all to yourself

From the tough lockdown in the south of France to the exciting journey through Catalonia: In the second part of our series, the journey finally gets underway and the family experiences unimagined freedom despite the pandemic.

Columns

5 min

«Happiness travels with you»: a crazy idea comes true

A family gives up their jobs and home to go on a big trip when Corona turns everything upside down. This is part 1 of the adventure.

Development

10 min

Why diary writing helps many children

World events and everyday experiences trigger complex reactions in children. Writing in a diary can help to process negative feelings. Just as it can reinforce positive feelings. Elin, Yara and Flavia use pen and paper for both.

Columns

2 min

What is Twitch?

These and six other questions are answered in the chapter "Television and media" in the dossier "100 questions - 100 answers on the subject of media".

Columns

3 min

When do we start talking about smartphone addiction?

These and five other questions are answered in the chapter "Health and media" in the dossier "100 questions - 100 answers on the topic of media".

Health

12 min

«Children should learn to be alone at school»

The coronavirus pandemic has increased the feeling of loneliness in many children. Being alone is not a negative thing in itself, but a resource, says mediator Cordula Reimann in our monthly interview.

ADHD

7 min

Immediate help for families affected by ADHD

What has changed in recent years in dealing with ADHD and what questions are parents most concerned with during the current coronavirus lockdown? We asked the elpos specialist and counselling centre.

Family

3 min

Support us, dear parents

Nervous parents, children and teachers in quarantine, fear of another school lockdown: how are teachers dealing with the fact that they are in the coronavirus spotlight?

Blog

5 min

Quaran tears my arse: Dad isolates, mum shines

Our author Christian J. Käser has been hit: he has corona. He describes how he, his four children and especially his wife fared during the ten days at home.

School

4 min

«It's uncertain what will happen after the holidays»

The Covid situation in schools is alarming. The number of cases among pupils and teachers is rising steadily and schools in many cantons have closed early. Dagmar Rösler, President of the Swiss Teachers' Association LCH, analyses the situation and looks ahead to an uncertain start to the new year.

School

8 min

Tips to combat the quarantine bug in children

Quarantine obligations are difficult for most pupils. They are excluded from their social environment and miss out on a lot at school. We spoke to school social worker Anna Kolb and put together 5 tips for you.

Health

8 min

«Quarantine is worse for children than the lockdown»

Children and adolescents who have to go into quarantine feel isolated, says Professor Susanne Walitza, Director of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Zurich. And above all, they need to be supported so that they don't lose touch with the school curriculum and their peers.

Career choice

5 min

«Despite coronavirus, there are still more apprenticeships than apprenticeship seekers»

Christof Spöring, Head of the Office for Vocational and Further Education in the Canton of Lucerne, on the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for apprenticeship seekers.

Health

11 min

Corona vaccination for adolescents: «We're not going for speed»

Interview with Dr Christoph Berger, President of the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues, on the Covid-19 vaccination for adolescents.

Family

3 min

Learning in extraordinary times

How can carers support children when distance learning becomes necessary? The best tips.

Health

3 min

Mentally ill children: «There is a lack of time and money»

3 questions for Dirk Büchter, head physician at the St. Gallen Children's Hospital, about the increase in mentally ill children and adolescents.

ADHD

9 min

«Parents should fight for a class repetition if they see large gaps»

Distance learning, quarantine and working from home have pushed children and parents alike to their limits. Psychotherapist Ruth Huggenberger explains the consequences.

Bullying

13 min

«No matter how shameful a topic is, the children can come up with anything»

School social worker Veronica Graber relies on a good relationship with the pupils. She talks about parents who think she is the KESB, late-night phone calls and the increase in mental health problems during the pandemic.

Family

5 min

What am I supposed to be?

Job fairs have been cancelled and trial apprenticeships postponed: For young people, finding a career in times of coronavirus is a Herculean task.

Health

7 min

What does positive psychology have to do with coronavirus?

Family counsellor Béatrice Kuster uses her work with positive psychology to reveal how families in crisis can manage everyday life with confidence.

Columns

3 min

A year like ten years

In this article, Michèle Binswanger explains what the pandemic is doing to her, but above all to her children.

Development

6 min

«A pathological internet consumption could break out»

What impact will the pandemic have on addictive behaviour among young people? Dr Kurosch Yazdi dares to predict what could happen after the pandemic.

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