Financial Expert Recommendations for Parenting and Children’s Financial Education

Financial Expert Recommendations for Parenting and Children’s Financial Education

Does a newborn need a stock fund? A student has a credit card? And how do parents not ruin their children’s financial education? This is what financial experts recommend. Listen to loudspeaker articles Anyone who sends their children shopping is giving them an important lesson. © Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos/Focus Agency You might think that children … Read more

Inequalities for Children and Young People Affected by Poverty Persist During Pandemic, Survey Shows – Volkshilfe Austria

Inequalities for Children and Young People Affected by Poverty Persist During Pandemic, Survey Shows – Volkshilfe Austria

Pandemic-related inequalities remain present for children and young people affected by poverty Vienna (OTS) – Better protecting the population from the consequences of any crises is one of the points that the government has set out to achieve today when presenting its Corona assessment. A particularly important project if you look at the results of … Read more

The majority of deaf students learn in shared lessons

The majority of deaf students learn in shared lessons

Erfurt (dpa/th) – Significantly more than two thirds of deaf or hard-of-hearing students in Thuringia learned in shared lessons and not at special schools last school year. Of the 409 students with special educational needs in the area of ​​hearing, 90 were taught at support centers and 319 were taught in inclusive lessons at other … Read more

Understanding and Addressing Childhood Aggression: A Detailed Look at a Tragic Case in Lohr am Main

Understanding and Addressing Childhood Aggression: A Detailed Look at a Tragic Case in Lohr am Main

September 8, 2023: The police found a dead 14-year-old in Lohr am Main, between bushes and trees not far from the school. He was shot in the back of the head. A classmate of the same age has been in custody ever since. He is silent. However, the weapon was found at his home. It … Read more

Tiroler Tageszeitung, editorial from November 8th, 2023. By Peter Nindler: “There is no such thing as a cash cow”.

Tiroler Tageszeitung, editorial from November 8th, 2023. By Peter Nindler: “There is no such thing as a cash cow”.

Innsbruck (OTS) – The budget deficit of more than 150 million euros for the coming year cannot be avoided. Nevertheless, a structural spending brake will be needed quickly afterwards. Everything will no longer work out, otherwise the debts will explode. Comprehensive childcare, hospital financing, health and care, climate protection and energy transition, inflation compensation, local … Read more

The Financial Realities of Taking on a 100% Loan-to-Value Mortgage

@KavonH, let’s talk plainly: You need around 100% loan-to-value, so around 5% pa interest is due, around €14,000 in interest per year. In addition, 2% repayment for another €5,600. Now you are just married, but after you buy and move in, the children will be there in a few years and the follow-up financing will … Read more

Presseeinladung | Plan International, 02.11.2023

Presseeinladung | Plan International, 02.11.2023

Plan Media Prize for Children’s Rights 2023 – invitation to the award ceremony on November 7th in the Federal Chancellery Vienna (OTS) – The non-profit private foundation Hilfe mit Plan Österreich, which supports projects run by the children’s aid organization Plan International, awards a journalist prize Cooperation with the VÖZ and the Federal Chancellery. The … Read more

Liability and Insurance Coverage for Damage Caused by Children: An Overview

Liability and Insurance Coverage for Damage Caused by Children: An Overview

The five-year-old rips the expensive progressive glasses off her grandma’s head while she’s playing and the glasses break. Cell phones of visitors to the apartment fall victim to children running around, and the coffee table is hit during a ball game. The damage can quickly reach four figures. But who is liable for the damage … Read more

Study Reveals Alarming Rates of Violence in Swiss Upbringing: Calls for Legal Reforms to Protect Children

Study Reveals Alarming Rates of Violence in Swiss Upbringing: Calls for Legal Reforms to Protect Children

The University of Freiburg surveyed 1,605 parents about violence in their upbringing. As the “Sunday newspaper» reported, 62 percent of parents said they never used physical violence. Two percent of parents, however, said they beat their children with objects such as a belt. This is likely to affect around 32,000 children in Switzerland. Around ten … Read more

DGB NRW Calls for Paradigm Shift in Financial Policy to Address State’s Infrastructure and Services Shortage

DGB NRW Calls for Paradigm Shift in Financial Policy to Address State’s Infrastructure and Services Shortage

On the occasion of today’s hearing on the NRW state budget for 2024, Anja Weber, chairwoman of the DGB NRW, is calling for a paradigm shift in financial policy: “North Rhine-Westphalia is increasingly living off its substance: Broken roads and railways, dilapidated schools, too few daycare places, a lack of living space and underfunded hospitals … Read more