Renate Schmidt (from 2002 to 2005 Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth)
at 1 January is the SPD of the initiated and the coalition agreement we introduced parental benefits in force. For most parents, a big improvement, especially for single parents who were employed before the birth. They all have one year after the maternity period significantly fewer financial worries than before. Fathers have the opportunity to care for the first time without great material losses to a period even of their children - and is rewarded with a delay of two monthly salary of parental benefit. This benefits the children because the contact is more with the father that takes advantage of the mothers, because the care is distributed for the child to both parents and it also uses the fathers themselves, because their perspective on life is extended.
The successful enforcement of the parental benefit for us is no reason to rest on our laurels family policy. The profile of our products must train mitformulierte coalition agreement to be implemented to train.
For us social democrats of the expansion of child care is more high on the agenda.
The Day Care Expansion Act (TAG) from the last legislature, we laid the foundation for the further development of care for under 3 years, the coalition agreement was noted that there will be from 2010, a legal claim from the second year in day care when TAG in the planned expansion to 2008 not much progress. We need
more and better childcare facilities. We want to help the communities to cope with this task, including by reallocating funds in the family support.
The greatest injustice in our country it is in fact that a child from a socially disadvantaged and less educated family has up to six times less likely to make high school as a child from a well-off, educated family - while at the same talents.
In our poor children in the country we can not afford such a waste of talent. We give in Germany not only too little on education - are needed here, especially to countries - but that too few also wrong: in general education mostly for the upper stages of secondary schools and the least for the early support, so the day care centers. On education most children but in the first years of life.
The early development of all children in addition to their families in good and sufficient existing day care is the best contribution to social justice and is one of the most important future investments.
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