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Foster families

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«I wanted to do better later on»

Valentina Müller had a difficult childhood. The mother of one son had to learn to give up her claim to perfection in parenting.

Foster family: temporary parents
Family
11 min

Foster family: temporary parents

In Switzerland, around 19,000 children and young people do not grow up with their biological parents, but in care homes or with foster parents.

"A foster child will never be your own child"
Family
5 min

«A foster child will never be your own child»

Foster child Aargau: Karin Gerber says that a child must be given age-appropriate explanations as to why it cannot live with its parents.

Growing up with grandparents
Family
4 min

Growing up with grandparents

Siriwan is 16 years old and lives with her grandparents Ines, 76, and Edi, 74, in Zurich. How does that work?

Interview with a foster family: "Love alone is not enough"
Education
5 min

Foster families: «Love alone is not enough»

Family
3 min

External placement: «Finding the right path is no easy task»

Who decides whether a child can no longer live at home and where it should go? To a home, to relatives or to a foster family?

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