Strikes in the education, nursing and civil service sectors have been postponed across Germany as negotiations continue. Unions have threatened a return to the strike action that had paralysed much of the country earlier in 2019 should their demands not be met.
After over a year of bitter controversy, new childcare rules will come into force on Thursday guaranteeing day care for every child aged one to three - and paying cash to parents who pass up the offer.
Immigrant families are far less likely to send their young child to day care than German parents, largely because they have different priorities for child-raising, a new study suggests.
German parents are unhappy with family support on offer from the government, according to a new study. Most said they wanted more day care places and help balancing work and caring for children.
Being a nanny or au pair can be a great way to experience German culture, but there can be pitfalls. Nicolette Kalbfell explores the ins and outs of working in Munich.
In the first instalment of our new series <b>My German Career</b>, The Local sat down with Potsdam kindergarten teacher Chelsey Funk for a chat about tending Teutonic toddlers.
As German authorities scramble to create thousands of day care places by a 2013 deadline, many investment firms are sensing opportunity and setting up "day care-facility funds" that promise solid returns over several years.
Local authorities fear a possible flood of lawsuits from disappointed parents next summer when a law comes into effect guaranteeing under-threes a place in day care.
Many German mothers are finding it difficult to break free of traditional gender roles: A new official study shows that in a number of families, men are still the ones with the careers, while women are responsible for the kids and the kitchen.
German opposition parties managed to prevent a vote on controversial childcare benefits when they interrupted a parliament session on Friday morning. The government is said to be furious.
The German scheme to pay money to parents who keep their young children at home rather than sending them to state-subsidised day care has been slammed by the OECD which says it could to more harm than good.
German parents who keep their young children at home rather than send them to day care look set to get money from the government, after the cabinet passed a controversial child care subsidy law on Wednesday.
Latest statistics suggest that western German states will fall well short of a 2007 target of ensuring that one in three children would have a day care spot by 2013.
Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed a comprehensive tax cut plan on Sunday evening in an effort to resolve an internal coalition dispute between her Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian CSU allies, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP)
The German government on Wednesday made it more difficult to file complaints about the sound of children playing in residential areas by altering noise pollution laws.
The German Child Protection Association has reacted angrily to a proposal from a senior citizens’ organization to remove children’s day care centres from residential areas.
The demand for child day care is rising in Germany, but states are tackling the challenge with varying levels of investment and success, a new study showed on Monday.
Families will still be guaranteed a day care spot for their young children by 2013 despite Germany's worsening budgetary situation, Family Minister Kristina Schröder assured on Wednesday.
Official figures on Thursday showed Germany's population shrank for the seventh year in a row in 2009, defying Chancellor Angela Merkel's bid to boost the country's birth rate.
Heinz Buschkowsky, the mayor of Berlin’s multicultural Neukölln district, tells Sandra Dassler from Berlin daily <a href="http://www.tagesspiegel.de" target="_blank">Der Tagesspiegel</a> why he thinks the German government’s plans to introduce a new “home-care” subsidy for children opting out of day care could have disastrous repercussions.
Most parents would agree spending time outdoors is good for small kids, but would you send your child to a kindergarten deep in the forest? <b>Rhea Wessel</b> reports from the Taunus woods near Frankfurt.
Widespread day care strikes hit several German states on Tuesday, as pre-school teachers returned to the picket lines to press their ongoing labour dispute.
