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When can my child have a smartphone?

Three schoolchildren are standing and sitting on a staircase, looking at a mobile phone.
Media
2 min

When is my child ready for their first mobile phone?

The first mobile phone is a milestone. Find out what parents should look out for and how to make the transition responsibly.

Smartphones and the environment: 6 children who all stare at their own mobile phones
Family
2 min

The problem with mobile phone production

Smartphones are very practical and most of us use them every day. However, their production is a burden on people and the environment.

Smartphone as babysitter?
Kindergarten
3 min

«Parents should be aware of their child's media consumption»

How should parents of kindergarten children deal with media? Does the child already need the Internet? We ask media educator Eveline Hipeli.

Thomas Feibel: "Accompany instead of prohibit"
Columns
4 min

«Accompany instead of prohibit»

How do children learn to use digital media sensibly? 6 questions for Thomas Feibel, columnist and head of the Office for Children's Media in Berlin.

Educational myths: A child should be given a smartphone from Year 1. Is it true?
Development
3 min

A child should be given a smartphone from Year 1. Is that right?

The myths of parenting. The Elternsein Foundation, publisher of the Swiss parenting magazine Fritz+Fränzi, gets to the bottom of 15 parenting myths.

11 questions on the topic of media & consumption
Media
10 min

11 questions on the topic of media consumption

Can I track my child using GPS? Experts answer these and other questions in our large dossier.

22 questions and answers on media education
Media
15 min

22 questions and answers on media education

The 22 most important questions and answers on media education.

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