Top 10 - Things I want to do differently to my children than my own parents

Of course, years later, one looks at one's own upbringing differently than during one's own childhood. As a child or teenager, parents are too strict, prohibit too much, have no idea what's important in the world, and make life difficult for no reason. The review as an adult is already milder.

Especially if you are a father yourself, many decisions of your own parents can be better understood. You can empathize with fears and worries and protect the child from his urge for more freedom. However, there are things that one would like to do differently in the education of one's own children, as one's own parents did. Here our top 10.

10 The plate does not have to be eaten - and it's okay not to like certain foods.

9 More great weekend activities.

8 No criticism of the music taste of the kids - even if it is difficult.

7 Holiday trips not only to German-speaking countries, because that is easier and more familiar.

6 No strict rejection of the purchase of branded goods. That puts children under great pressure that is not necessary.

5 Better "let go" than your own parents.

4 No strict ban on sweets or fast foods - because that always leads to the opposite.

3 Do not compare with other children with the sentence: "This is not a yardstick for us".

2 Give children self-confidence and opportunities, instead of seeing dangers everywhere.

1 I want to be a much cooler dad than my own.