Tag: single parent
State maintenance advances are rarely repaid
As of: March 8, 2024 3:26 p.m If one parent does not pay maintenance, the state takes over with a maintenance advance. He actually wants to collect it again –…
Family: Why a single parent feels excluded
Susanne Naumann raises four children alone and was unemployed for a long time. She now has a job again, but her everyday life is stressful. A long-term observation in a…
Society: The Germans are so happy
Wealth is more than money. For the first time, an official barometer measures citizens’ satisfaction: how it affects what level of education someone has, whether they are single, have children…
Percentage of single fathers is increasing
Status: 05/16/2023 12:08 p.m It is still mainly women who raise their underage children alone. But the proportion of fathers in this role is increasing, reports the Federal Statistical Office…
Every fifth child in Germany is at risk of poverty – politics
According to an analysis, more than every fifth child under the age of 18 was at risk of poverty in Germany last year. There are 2.88 million girls and boys,…
SZ Advent calendar: The little fighter – Munich
“When I come home tired in the evening, I breathe a sigh of relief, because then I take my two girls in my arms,” says the small, petite woman and…
Why single parents do not benefit from higher child benefits – Economy
Of Felicitas Wilke Kathleen Michl got rid of her car a few months ago. “Now I share one with my mother, and I’m 34.” She laughs softly into the phone,…
Poverty in Germany: Now it’s about every cent – Economy
Of Marie Vandenhirtz At the end of this month, Olivia Ezike’s account will be negative again. She already knows that. What she doesn’t know yet: How high the sum will…
What lifetime income reveals about the Germans – Economy
Up until the mid-50s, one earns less than before, women have even less money than expected, a study shows – and politicians support precisely those families that need it the…
Munich: How can the city become even more family-friendly? – Munich
Families are diverse. These are children living with their parents, children living with their mother and her new partner, with siblings and step-siblings. Families are single parents and rainbow families,…