Too strict is restrictive, too lax is disorientating.
Educational consultant Daniela Bleisch explains what really makes children happy.
Educational consultant Daniela Bleisch on happy children Tages-Anzeiger article can be downloaded HERE.

PDF / How do I strengthen my child’s mental health?

A joint project of the Departments of Health and
Applied psychology, financed by the FOPH.

This flyer is aimed at parents of 6- to 12-year-old children.

In the book “Elter werden”, journalist Mikael Krogerus shows what children do to you. We spoke to him about the challenges of fatherhood. And about the art of being vulnerable as a man.

At the end of the year, the time of the Spotify year in review, Pro Juventute is releasing a different kind of Spotify playlist: it is designed to help with mental stress. To this end, the organization teamed up with big names.

Below you will find the link for the Spotify playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/7g8hcq7JxS7ga3eh2YdT8H

Article in the Tages-Anzeiger by journalist Mikael Krogerus on the subject of “unconditional love” for his children.

It takes a whole village to raise a child. Hunter-gatherer societies on the African continent still live by this credo today.

Finnish psychiatrist Riittakerttu Kaltiala helped to establish the new treatment protocol for trans adolescents. Today she warns against this.

People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the health, social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 3, the aim is to highlight the importance of securing the rights of people with disabilities so that they can participate fully and equally in society.

Every child has an innate learning energy that drives them forward.

Empathizing with others is a fundamental human ability. But children are not empathetic from the outset.

Our author’s child was born with an “invisible” disability. She talks about how perspectives change when your own child deviates from the so-called norm.

Gioia di Biagio has suffered from a rare, little-researched disease since birth. A fate that she shares with millions of lone fighters. An “Arte Re:” report from SPIEGEL TV.

Modern parents are so frustrated because they feel they have given up on themselves, says family therapist Katharina Pommer. She advises them to pay more attention to their needs.

Modern parents are so frustrated because they feel they have given up on themselves, says family therapist Katharina Pommer. She advises them to pay more attention to their needs.

Modern parents are so frustrated because they feel they have given up on themselves, says family therapist Katharina Pommer. She advises them to pay more attention to their needs.

Whether big or small, jogging, walking or hiking: anyone who wants to support children in Switzerland and do something good for their health in October can take part in www.run4kids.ch. This year, the proceeds will go to 10 organizations that are committed to helping children. One of these is SPIELZEIT psychotherapy. We are looking forward to a great event and a joint commitment!

Sincerely – Your Spielzeit team

Really now! Nils Pickert, journalist, blogger and father of four, pleads for pink-fixated boys to finally be left alone.

Children must be able to play outside. And that’s not all: parents should also give their children enough freedom to take risks and test their limits. “Einstein” shows why play is so essential and can even make children smarter, healthier and stronger.

Until now, it was unthinkable to complete a university degree with mental and physical disabilities. Lucien Le has made it – he is the first Ecolsiv student to receive a diploma as an assistant teacher from the University of Teacher Education Unterstrass. How does that work?

Daycare centers and schools closed due to coronavirus: Free play despite quarantine and social distancing. Activities for creative play at home and activity ideas for children during challenging times.

Coronavirus emergency in Switzerland: how are families experiencing the extraordinary situation? How do parents structure the days of their children who are at home because schools are closed? What opportunities are there in this extreme situation? Families tell their stories.

Solidarity instead of panic and panic buying: the coronavirus crisis also offers an opportunity to set a positive example.

Dealing with emotions appropriately is a key skill that children and young people have to learn in the course of their development. In psychology, this ability is called emotion regulation.

More and more parents want to know how high the IQ
of their offspring.

In separation situations, it is often difficult for parents to take the children’s needs into account at all times. What does this mean for children and young people and how can parents make the separation situation easier for them?

Screaming children are exhausting. The story of a cookie shows why it is nevertheless important to endure crying.

Mothers who drive away, fathers who disappear: somewhere between these clichés, separated parents struggle for the best for their child. Is the alternating model the future?

Are helicopter parents right, do children need to be constantly driven?

The very special talent of autistic Thierry Bouvard. Thierry Bouvard is autistic. He can’t speak, but he can paint.

By ignoring this difficult topic, parents are not doing the child any favors.

Running for the streetcar, rushing to nursery – we are constantly under power. What does this mean for our children?

Preferring one child over the other is a taboo for mothers and fathers. Nevertheless, it happens very often, says Jürg Frick.

There is talk of an “alarming result”: Stiftung Warentest does not consider many popular game apps suitable for ten-year-olds, including “Fortnite”. How seriously should parents take this judgment?

Year after year, more and more adolescents are visiting the emergency wards of adolescent psychiatry. You feel under pressure!

Many parents want to teach their children as much as possible in order to prepare them for life in the best possible way. However, brain researcher Gerald Hüther warns of negative consequences.

The family from Bottrop sets an example for inclusion. Wenke (5) and her sisters took part in a music video: “You’re like this!”

Revenge is sweet: Even small children feel this way when punishing wrongdoers, a study shows. From the age of six, they develop a strong sense of justice.

“Not in front of the children!” say parents when things get nasty between them. Perhaps wrongly, new studies show.

Doctors surveyed more than 2,600 families who were raising a child with trisomy 21.

In “A l’école des philosophes”, Fernand Melgar accompanied five special needs pupils from French-speaking Switzerland in their everyday lives.

Quiet children need places to retreat to recharge their batteries! David is ten years old and a quiet and reserved boy.

The ADELE study examines the media use of children aged 4 to 7 in the context of their families. ADELE stands for Activités, Digitales, Education, Loisirs, Enfants. The study provides in-depth insights into various factors influencing the family context on children’s media use.digital media in the context of families with children

Run for a good cause on 28.10.18 and support the season!

“Anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on with us must think I’m completely crazy,” says a mother of twins with a rare disease.

They usually operate in secret, but they are right in our midst: children and young people who have a sick parent, elderly grandparent or…

Breastfeeding your first child is under immense pressure, says the expert.

Although preschool children are fascinated by digital media, they prefer to play with friends.

Children with a disabled or sick sibling are particularly challenged.

A new study is surprising: the cell phone is only in thirteenth place among primary school pupils.

Fabian Bächli has trisomy 21, but is fully integrated. Thanks to his mother. Unfortunately, this is not an everyday story.

“What kind of offices do your children have?” “How could I organize the office schedule?” “I would also like to introduce chores, but I don’t know which ones.” If you surf through mothers’ forums, you keep stumbling across the question of which tasks children should take on in the household.

SRF met three ADHD children – for the second time. There are these diseases that everyone is suddenly talking about as if they were fashionable, giving the impression that every second person suffers from them.

Pediatrician and bestselling author Remo Largo on the pressure to perform that starts in kindergarten.

Everyone is talking about inclusion, while disabled people are increasingly disappearing from our society. Prenatal diagnostics make their contribution. That will change us.

Pediatrician Remo Largo criticizes the Swiss childcare situation – and calls for a rethink in the economy.

The IV has had little success in reintegrating those who have already left the labor market.

Not without my feelings: Emotions play the leading role in the animated film “Alles steht Kopf”. It incorporates a psychological theory that is no longer entirely up-to-date.

Adolescent psychiatrist Alain Di Gallo on the taboo subject of depression in young people. The disease must also be taken seriously in their case.

Psychiatry professor Gregor Hasler criticizes the fact that social insurance is not sufficiently geared towards the mentally ill.

Can your parents’ divorce still hurt you as an adult? A long-term study indicates that early trauma influences health and status.

The high consumption of Ritalin is becoming an issue for the UN, says UN advisor Pascal Rudin. The UN is therefore likely to recommend that Switzerland impose stricter rules on the use of Ritalin by children.

NZZ am Sonntag: The drug Ritalin and similar drugs are prescribed to children with ADHD – the fidget spinner syndrome – far more frequently than in the past. The UN is now also addressing the issue of Ritalin. Why?

In the creative workshop at the Bürgerspital Basel, people with physical, psychological or mental disabilities pursue their passion: they paint, draw and design. Handicap and creative work are not mutually exclusive – on the contrary. Nina Mavis Brunner researches the special art and cultural production of special people.

With a lot of heart and humor, the documentary tells the story of the successful integration of two disabled brothers into the everyday working life of an inn. A challenge that the kitchen crew takes on with a great deal of love and commitment.

A boy with behavioral problems at a Zurich school harasses his classmates. Because the management prescribes integrative support, he remains in a regular class despite protests from his parents.

Jonas Pauchard, 21, is a communicative person. He benefits from this with “Radio Blind Power”. Around ten people make up the radio team, just over half of whom, like Jonas Pauchard, live with a
Visual impairment.

The mentally and physically disabled Fabian Pfister loves to travel by bus and train – in a wheelchair and alone. Hardly anyone knows the ZVV network as well as the 15-year-old.

16-year-old Elias Dahler is severely disabled and can neither walk nor speak. Nevertheless, he steers a motorboat.