{"id":76401,"date":"2023-07-01T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T10:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=76401"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:56:15","slug":"no-mum-and-dad-im-not-going-to-be-a-doctor","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ideals\/no-mum-and-dad-im-not-going-to-be-a-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Mum and Dad, I\u2019m not going to be a doctor!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--m\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/ideals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ideals<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline \">\r\n            No, Mum and Dad, I\u2019m not going to be a doctor!        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>When parents project their own ideals onto their children. A conversation with the author Ulrike Bartholom\u00e4us. <strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/kaja-gerdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaja Gerdes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/kaja-gerdes\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-1400x1400.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-1050x1050.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-670x670.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCF7186-2.jpg 1500w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                                    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-1920x1217.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-1920x1217.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-1536x973.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-2048x1298.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-1400x887.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-1050x665.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-670x425.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-420x266.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-350x222.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/ulrike-bartholomaeus-original-150x95.jpg 150w\"\r\n                width=\"1920\"\r\n                height=\"1217\"\r\n                alt=\"Ulrike Bartholom\u00e4us, a middle-aged woman with brown\/copper-coloured hair, smiles into the camera. She stands in front of a blue wooden wall with a few handprints in bright colours. Ulrike is wearing a white blouse and pink lipstick.\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 54.67% 87.37%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                    <span class=\"cover--lead-in__image-title\">\r\n                Photo: Laurence Chaperon            <\/span>\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--l wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our parents influence us all our lives. They shape us from birth.<\/strong> At first they show us the world, and to begin with we experience it only as our parents present it to us. <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=20451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Only gradually do we get to know more than just our parents\u2019 world. <\/a>In the process we develop our own values and ideas, which sometimes differ from theirs. The science journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/ulrikebartholomaeus.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ulrike Bartholom\u00e4us<\/a> knows why this leads to conflict.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau has-spacing--s\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--left\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--none wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why do parents have particular ideas about their children\u2019s lives, and why does this lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=76397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conflict<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--right\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s wp-block-paragraph\">Parents\u2019 wishes and expectations can sometimes be greater than their capacity for tolerance. Whether there is conflict or not depends on how far they can let go of their own ideals. Parents usually want their children to do something \u2018sensible\u2019. They want a secure career for them. Conflict can arise when security plays a big role in their value system, or when they try to transfer their own unfulfilled wishes and dreams onto their children.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau has-spacing--s\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--left\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--none wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What happens when parents try to squeeze their children into an ideal they have made up?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--right\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s wp-block-paragraph\">Family expectations fundamentally shape our development. This pressure influences us from the start. Family expectations can also act as an invisible engine. If they are so unattainable, setbacks create even more pressure. And if, as a young adult, you are not yet very secure in your own position, it is harder to take a stand.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n \r\n    \r\n    <div id=\"quote-block_45d7a0af8de7c7bb64ba03b4d6e0027e\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--l\">\r\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\r\n            <blockquote>\r\n                <p>Parents\u2019 wishes and expectations can sometimes be greater than their capacity for tolerance.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n            <figcaption class=\"without-author-image\">\r\n\r\n                            <span><\/span>\r\n            <\/figcaption>\r\n            \r\n        <\/figure>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau has-spacing--s\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--left\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--none wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What can parents do to avoid putting their children under pressure?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--right\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s wp-block-paragraph\">It depends very much on how far parents notice that they are exerting pressure \u2013 often it is unconscious \u2013 and whether they can question their own ideals. Many parents do not see their expectations as pressure, because they themselves are not on the receiving end. Parents usually only want the best, but the constant stress placed on children is counterproductive. Pressure poisons the learning atmosphere and the social environment, and this limits children\u2019s own development. Parents often have fears, which they pass on to their children in the form of control. Anxious parents produce anxious children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau has-spacing--m\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--left\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--none wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How should parents deal with mistakes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--right\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--xs wp-block-paragraph\">Parents should learn to deal with failure. I can only learn to make good decisions if I sometimes make bad ones too. When a conversation takes place on an equal footing, sensible solutions can be found. A calm, factual conversation respects the children\u2019s point of view, while openness and security ensure a secure relationship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Related to this story<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/traces\/growing-up-bend-a-tree-while-it-is-young\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Traces<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018Bend a tree while it is young\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Burcu, 26, on her background, expectations and what it means to shape your own life.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-768x480.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-1920x1200.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-1400x875.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-1050x656.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-670x419.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-420x262.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbnail_Burcu_ist_Erwachsen-150x94.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"480\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ideals\/success-without-studying-anti-authoritarian-parenting\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Ideals<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Success without studying? 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The room is decorated with a mural of ducks and fish. The scene illustrates the idea of toxic silence, in which emotional harm is caused by ignoring or shutting someone out.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/water\/new-shores-floating-islands-between-art-and-ecology\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Water<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                New shores: floating islands between art and ecology                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Floating platforms like the \u2018Zukunst\u2019 in Hannover create green open spaces \u2013 a concept that is catching on around the world.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirchhof_Tim_02-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"A houseboat floats towards the viewer on a calm river lined with green trees. In the background rises Hannover\u2019s Ihmezentrum tower block.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/advice\/losing-motivation-in-a-creative-job\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Advice<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Losing motivation in a creative job: how to get your enthusiasm for work back.                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Even people who turn their passion into a profession know what it is like to lose motivation. We show you why joy can turn into a chore \u2013 and the concrete steps that will help you win back your enthusiasm.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-768x512.jpeg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1050x700.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-670x447.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp.jpeg 2048w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/after-dark\/you-have-to-make-your-boundaries-clear\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">After dark<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018You have to make your boundaries clear\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>During the week Selma works at a nursery; at weekends she works the door of a club. On respect, safety and standing your ground as a woman in nightlife.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-768x432.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-670x377.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-420x236.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/selma-grenzen-zeigen-thumb.jpg 1920w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"432\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-architecture-of-the-data-trade\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The architecture of the data trade                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Few systems are as invisible \u2013 and at the same time as far-reaching \u2013 as the trade in user data. What we click on, search for or visit becomes a signal in a global market that sorts people into categories and targets information at them.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/24_Geiersbach-Paul_Accept-All.jpg 2000w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"A landscape-format colour photograph. A desert landscape seen from above, with a gentle sand dune that has caved in at the centre of the image.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/power-and-control\/leaving-the-church-maybe-this-isnt-the-right-place-for-you\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Power and control<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Leaving the church: \u2018Maybe this isn\u2019t the right place for you\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>The congregation once ruled every part of her life. Two years ago our author turned her back on it \u2013 and today she sees more clearly.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Noemi_Ehrat_Kirche6562-150x100.jpg 150w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"Black-and-white photo: the altar with a cross in an ornate niche of the Bethlehem Church in Hannover \u2013 photo essay on leaving the church\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ideals\/all-too-human-hunting\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Ideals<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                All too human                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Hunting divides opinion: some see it as necessary to stabilise damaged ecosystems. For others, hunting is only about trophies.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-768x614.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-1400x1120.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-1050x840.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-670x536.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-420x336.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-350x280.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/21_Rosic_Felix.jpg 1600w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"614\" \r\n                                    alt=\"Stuffed chamois in a hunter\u2019s living room next to other wild animals, including the pelts of dead animals, photographed by Felix Kaspar Rosi\u0107.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n        <\/div><!-- .teaser-grid -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"btn-wrapper has-spacing--m\">\n        <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">TO THE MAGAZINE HOMEPAGE<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":26186,"template":"","tags":[371,398],"magazinkategorie":[416],"class_list":["post-76401","magazin","type-magazin","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-familie-beziehungen-en","tag-youth","magazinkategorie-ideals"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ideals in the family: No, Mum and Dad, I\u2019m not going to be a doctor!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When parents project their own wishes onto their children. 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