The Woman Beyond the Veil

Karoline Roscher-Lagzouli The Woman Beyond the Veil My Path into Salafism and Back Out Again After growing up as an atheist, Karoline Roscher-Lagzouli converted to Islam in her twenties due to a lifelong fascination with Islam. For several years, she was part of a conservative Salafi community. In...

Parenting

Parenting Education to Open-Mindedness Zoe´s Story Claus Koch Further details Wherever Children Are, God Is Already There Surprises and Discoveries in the Family Albert Biesinger Further details Accompaniment Into Life Religious Sensitivity Through Everyday Family Life Heike Helmchen-Menke Further...

Traumatized Children in Schools

Helga Kohler-Spiegel Traumatized Children in Schools Understand – support - stabilize Traumatization is not only the purview of children and young people who have experienced war and been refugees. The causes and experiences are many and varied, as are children’s reactions. Helga Kohler-Spiegel...

A Dad Is Not a Mom

Josephine Schwarz-Gerö A Dad Is Not a Mom What a Baby Needs from Its Father While the role of the new mother is clear, there are many questions on the part of the father. If we set aside the social demands and moralizing attitudes about what a father must achieve today and instead ask what a baby...

They Don`t Just Do Nothing: They Lie There and Grow

Elisabeth Raffauf They Don`t Just Do Nothing: They Lie There and Grow What Helps During Puberty All of us somehow survive it – puberty. And most of us have even turned into decent human beings. So why are we afraid that our pubescent children will never get their act together? Was it different for...

On Foot Through the Universe

Regina Groot Bramel On Foot Through the Universe Parents on the Move with a Little Human Being In lovingly written letters to a small child, Regina Groot Bramel encourages young parents to be self-confident and courageous, serene and joyful, confident and imaginative, realistic and loving towards...

How I Can Help My Child Gain Strong Self-esteem

Heinz-Peter Röhr How I Can Help My Child Gain Strong Self-esteem Only when children have strong self-esteem they can flourish. Disorders in the development of self-esteem often involve mental and behavioral problems. Many parents would like to help promote the development of self-esteem of their...

Raising Children with Less Stress

Felicitas Römer Raising Children with Less Stress Empathy instead of scolding Preschool-aged children insist on more and more freedom from their parents. But how should parents react when their kids won’t take no for an answer or have temper tantrums? Scolding and punishing don’t really help, and...

What Is That Monster Doing Under the Bed?

Monika Specht-Tomann What Is That Monster Doing Under the Bed? Understanding and overcoming children’s fears Fear of the dark, of saying goodbye, or difficulties in preschool or school – children live through many troubling experiences that they have to master in the course of their development....

Baby, Why Won't You Eat?

Josephine Schwarz-Gerö Baby, Why Won't You Eat? Understanding and Solving Eating Issues When a baby doesn’t want to eat or drink, turns away from feedings or cries at every meal, parents worry about the well-being of their child, and rightly so. Their desperate attempts to get their baby to eat,...