Family5 minEveryone benefits from this charitable endeavourWin-win: How school classes in the canton of Bern are doing something useful by uprooting invasive neophytes and filling their camp coffers at the same time.
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.
Development2 min«We learn the most from mistakes»According to developmental psychologist Claudia Roebers, it takes all our cognitive reserves to make good decisions.
Development8 minWhen can a child start making decisions?It is important that children make their own decisions - but depending on their age, they may not yet be cognitively capable of doing so.
Education15 minLetting go and giving children wingsLetting go is the inevitable course of events and essential for a child's development - and yet it is often anything but easy.
Education6 min«Overprotected children are blocked in their autonomy»Psychotherapist Joëlle Gut on parents who find it difficult to let go and give their children more responsibility.
Kindergarten6 min7 questions about the kindergarten routeWalking to kindergarten alone is a valuable piece of freedom. But when will my child be ready?
Development5 minHow your child develops independenceChildren are often held back when learning to be independent. How parents can encourage their child's independence.
Education5 min«Children must learn to fail»Children today are overprotected, says psychologist Peter Gray. This prevents them from doing the most effective resilience training: free play.
Columns6 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.
Education14 minHow your child learns to take responsibilityOver time, responsibility should gradually pass from parent to child. How mums and dads master this balancing act.
Education2 min«We should trust children to do something»Gwendolyn Nicholas and Nico Lopez Lorio let their sons travel around the city alone on public transport from the age of eight. Today, their five-year-old daughter is often there too.
Education3 min«Children need to know what they need»Karin and Stephan Graf are convinced that empathy is the key to personal responsibility.
Education3 min«I thought I would take it easy»Simone Steiner and Paolo Bogni were independent early on as children. This makes it all the more surprising that they often find it difficult to let go as parents.
Education7 minPersonal responsibility and independence - how it worksHow do I realise that I can hand over more responsibility to my child? These and nine other questions from parents and answers from experts.
Family12 min«Children need a healthy amount of neglect»Today's parents prefer to ignore life's adversities rather than prepare their children for them, says youth expert Allan Guggenbühl.
