Supraregional contacts
Bavarian parenting guide
The Bayerischer Erziehungsratgeber is the parenting guide of the Bavarian State Youth Welfare Office, which answers all questions relating to pregnancy, parenting, health, etc.
Bavarian State Youth Welfare Office
The Bavarian Youth Welfare Office (BLJA) is the central specialist authority for youth welfare in Bavaria. As part of the Bavarian Center for Family and Social Affairs, the BLJA is responsible for supporting the local youth welfare offices and independent providers on site. In addition, the State Youth Welfare Office is responsible for special supra-regional child and youth welfare tasks and their further development
Federal working group "More safety for children"
Protection and safety for children from accidents
The Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Mehr Sicherheit für Kinder e.V. informs parents and caregivers about accident risks at home and during leisure time and provides safety information and tips on accident prevention.
Professionals are informed about the background to accident prevention in Germany and data on accident frequency, trends and dates are published.
Federal Center for Health Education
Family planning and child health
The BZgA is a specialized authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). Its aim is to prevent health risks and support health-promoting lifestyles and effective prevention.
Information on family planning can be found directly at the BZgA and on the website Familienplanung.de.
On the website kindergesundheit-info.de, parents and professionals can find information on healthy child development with everyday tips and recommendations - neutral, professionally sound and based on the latest scientific findings.
Parent talk
The internet portal Elterntalk stands for: Expert discussions by parents for parents. Parents meet in a private setting to exchange experiences about parenting issues in the family. The focus is on the topics of media, consumption and addiction prevention. The discussions are accompanied by trained moderators who are parents themselves. They can be held in various languages.
Specialist portal for child and youth welfare
The Child and Youth Welfare Professionals Portal is aimed at people who deal with child and youth welfare issues either professionally or on a voluntary basis, with a scientific background or simply with a general interest: It offers them a platform for information, cooperation and communication.
Family handbook
Information on raising children and family life
The Family Handbook is an internet-based handbook published by the State Institute for Early Childhood Education (IFP) for parents, educators, teachers, scientists and other interested parties. It contains 1,500 articles and the latest news on topics relating to bringing up children and family life.
Family portal
The family portal provides single parents and families with reliable, quick and clear information from a single source. It provides information on the most important services, legal regulations and advice services that support parents after the birth of a child and beyond.
Crises after the birth
The "Shadow and Light" association
Far more women than is generally assumed fall into a mental crisis around the birth of a child. The illness often causes them to experience severe self-doubt and feelings of guilt, as they are suddenly no longer able to cope with everyday life or build a relationship with their child. The women often withdraw, try to hide their condition and maintain the façade of the happy and perfect mother despite their deepest despair.
The association "Schatten und Licht e.V." offers a wide range of materials and addresses on the subject of "postnatal crises" on its homepage.
Reading start
Program to promote language and reading
"Lesestart 1-2-3" is a language and reading promotion program aimed at the very youngest children. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and implemented by Stiftung Lesen. The free Lesestart kits, which contain an age-appropriate children's book and a guidebook with tips and information on reading aloud and storytelling in everyday family life, form the core of Lesestart.
RemApp
Advice via app in suspected cases
The RemApp offers advice on medical issues in suspected cases of child endangerment. The RemApp telemedical consultation service of the Bavarian Child Protection Outpatient Clinic is a free service for all doctors. Via RemApp, it is possible to present a suspected case of child endangerment, as well as all other suspected cases of violence, online under protected conditions and obtain the opinion of the child protection outpatient clinic.
Association of single mothers and fathers
Information and offers for single-parent families
The Verband alleinerziehender Väter und Mütter is a non-profit self-help organization that supports the special needs of single-parent families in a non-denominational and politically independent manner. The VAMV LV Bayern e.V. is an independent youth welfare organization and a member of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, Bayerischer Landesfrauenausschuss and the VAMV Bundesverband e.V.
