“Hold on until the summer vacation.

Then hopefully we'll go to the sea. ”With the aim of doing this, a twelve-year-old boy tries to motivate himself to get through the 14th month of the Corona emergency.

He looks forward to when he can finally have some real fun with his friends again - in the trampoline hall or in the amusement park.

Martin Franke

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      Much is currently being written about you children in the pandemic, but you are seldom heard talking about yourself.

      We want to change that and ask the up to 14 year olds: Write us how you get through this time, what annoys you, what you are missing - and what things motivate you.

      Chancellor Angela Merkel and Health Minister Jens Spahn keep assuring you that they are thinking of you.

      And praise yourselves for how bravely you get through one day at a time at home - with no school in the classroom, no friends, no exercise.

      And that for more than a year!

      The big ones can look forward to their vaccination against the coronavirus and more freedom.

      Fully vaccinated, they are allowed to do sports again, meet friends and travel more freely.

      In the evening you can now decide for yourself when to be home.

      So far there is no vaccine for children and adolescents up to the age of 16.

      So what do you do?

      Perhaps we would like the vaccinated to think of them and take care of them.

      So that no more people get corona again.

      What do you wish for?

      What are you angry at and what are you most excited about?

      What advice do Ms. Merkel and Mr. Spahn give her - what could they have done better and what should they do better now?

      So you can participate

      Send us your thoughts to Lesermails@FAZ.DE

      The

      closing date for

      entries

      is next Sunday, May 23rd, 2021. A publication of the letters is planned for next week.

      Participants up to 14 years of

      age, please give their first name and age; if required, their place of residence can also be given.

      Dear children, please let your parents know that you will join us here so that there is no trouble.

      Dear parents, you too can approach your children.