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.
Education1 minLet your child make decisionsChildren gain more self-confidence and autonomy when they are allowed to make their own decisions. You can see how this works in our video.
Columns4 min«I want to make my own decisions!»Dennis is desperate: his parents and his teacher always tell him what to do, but he would love to make his own decisions for once.
Career choice10 minCareer choice: Who is responsible for what?Many young people find it difficult to make a career choice. For Lea Schefer, the path to finding an apprenticeship was also full of hurdles.
Development16 minHow can puberty be mastered together?Puberty is a turbulent time for teenagers and parents alike. A new role awaits everyone involved and they have to find their feet.
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?
Development3 minKindergarten: «Every child reacts differently to entry»The transition to kindergarten is a big step. Each child masters this at their own pace and goes through different phases.
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.
Family5 minRituals - valuable anchors in everyday lifeRoutines make everyday family and school life more relaxed. The children's needs must also be taken into account.
Columns2 minThe stress of not being good enoughSocial pressure pushes young people and parents into perfectionism. In the darkest hours, columnist Mikael Krogerus turns to God and asks for salvation.
Columns3 minIt is not your job to make your children happy!Parents should not endeavour to be anxious to relieve their children of every problem, but to take their take their feelings seriously.
Education13 min«We should support children in feeling shame and following it»Researcher Ursula Immenschuh says that one's own shame is one of the most important developmental impulses. A conversation about an abysmal emotion and the question of how parents can help their child to deal with it sensitively.
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.
School5 minMy 3 highlights as headmistressWhat events does a headteacher never forget, even after 20 years? Lisa Lehner looks back on three moving moments.
Columns3 minPersonal responsibility: Our topic in SeptemberPersonal responsibility: How children learn to take responsibility themselves - and what parents should and shouldn't do.
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.
