Development3 minCan good sleep be taught?Many young people don't get enough sleep. It might help if we explain to them how important healthy sleep is for learning.
Development13 minNew closeness: «Be grateful for arguments with your teenage son!»Reinhard Winter explains why conversations between parents and sons during puberty have a similar place to physical contact in early childhood.
Columns6 minLet children feel the loveParents cannot prove their love through assurances, but only through their actions. Jesper Juul shows how this can be achieved in everyday life.
Columns3 minPlanet of the TeenagersYoung people have their own language, which our columnist Michèle Binswanger tries to decode.
Education4 minGrowing up in uncertain timesChildren are born into an ever faster changing world. Schools should also teach people how to live with this uncertainty.
Blog3 minOh shock, the daughter wants a tattoo!The time is ripe for a tattoo, says the daughter in a serious voice, the phase of deliberation is now over and coming of age is within reach. What now?
Education14 minDepression: Shadows on the soulPuberty is a time of change. Mental illnesses such as depression occur more frequently at this time. How does depression develop and how does it manifest itself?
Columns8 minThe children will soon be fledged - a summer dramaIn her house by the lake, Michèle Binswanger thinks about what her life will be like when the children have left home.
Education9 minSiblings - a bond for lifeFrom the very beginning, siblings are allies who fight battles together against mum and dad. About a special and particularly stormy relationship.
Education3 minHow the laundry craze almost led to separationOur dad blogger Andreas B. learns that "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" doesn't apply when his daughters start the washing machine.
Columns3 minHelp, my daughter only wants to wear branded clothesMy daughter, 14, refuses to wear the jumper I bought her recently. Why is the brand so important? What should I do?
Blog4 minHelp, our children are on Tinder!After a heartbreak, our son is looking for a distraction. Basically a good idea, says blogger Irma Aregger, until she sees that he's on Tinder.
Education5 min«The mother doesn't have to cover all needs»Psychologist Giulietta von Salis on the role of the mother in attachment research, who children particularly bond with and how this changes with age.
Development2 minYou can no longer educate 13-year-olds. Right?The myths of parenting. The Elternsein Foundation, publisher of the Swiss parenting magazine Fritz+Fränzi, gets to the bottom of 15 parenting myths.
Columns3 minGuerrilla parents: Why children need more resistanceMany children suffer from misunderstood encouragement, writes Michèle Binswanger and, as a mother, is practising more resistance.
Education5 minWhen the son moves back homeHe's back! The son of our blogger Irma Aregger has just arrived back at Hotel Mama.
Development11 minSleep disorders in teenagersSleep disorders are common in children and adolescents. When should parents definitely seek professional support?
Blog4 minThe first firm friend to visitA single father thought it would be a great idea to invite his daughter's boyfriend. Little did he know what he was letting himself in for ...
Blog4 min«Dad, I'm sleeping at mum's. OK?»Andreas B, single father of two teenagers, reveals why you shouldn't trust mobile phone photos and prefer to hide moped keys.
Columns6 minThe emptiness after the likesSocial media is more strongly linked to emotions, with negative consequences for the emotional world of young people, says our columnist Thomas Feibel.
Columns14 minHow do parents do justice to every child?We answer 19 questions on parenting and couple life from the big dossier: 100 questions and answers on parenting, family, school
Education11 min13 questions about pubertyMy child is smoking pot, what should I do? When can children stay at home alone? These and other questions from our big dossier on puberty.
Blog3 minForever young? My suggestionMore and more people are refusing to grow up. What can be done? A suggestion from author Mikael Krogerus to counter the problem.
Education2 min«There are 118 self-help groups on the topic of family»Self-help groups: Puberty, adoption, single parenting, separation, loss, parenting issues - sharing experiences with fellow sufferers can be worth its weight in gold.
