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Montag, 14. April 2008

Still more children away from their mothers

A few weeks ago we had in a town in germany more cases of children privation. An office requested the citizen to make calls if they hear or see some things which could be an abuse of a child. The result of this appeal was that in two weeks 117 children were put away from their parents or mothers. I was really shocked about this high quantity and I did not know what to think about that. 117 children are about three school classes. I wondered what this children will do in the future?
Now the situation is really not good because many children are afflicted with their parents and often they run to risk to loose their life. However often the living rooms are only the problems and often the socialworker can´t estimate when it is nessecary and when not. The dramatical situation when children were put away from their home without cause is for their whole life determinant. And I ask myself do we have really so many incompetent parents or what happens really? Has our society become so much more demanding that mothers are not able to follow the requirements? Today the mothers are not able to love their children? What is changing and what has changed?
In Germany our birthrate is very low, perhaps it is in relation to the increasing privations of children.It means the reasons are the same.

Calltec

Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007

My last day in Israel

My last day in Israel I spend now in Tel Aviv to go along the beach and to think over the last three weeks. I got so many impressions and I saw so many places and people outside the tourism and I know I will come again and for the future I will become a jewish woman and an Israeli and I will look for an orthodox man also for the future. I think this is a good way to go along the future. All day praying at the kotel made me sure and I know there I was in a good home, and I heard people there and this makes me happy but also sad, because I miss them.
When I go home tomorrow and I am at home I will write more about Jerusalem but also about the society and I will finally continue about the children welfare.

Calltec

Mittwoch, 28. November 2007

Still in Jerusalem

Still in Jerusalem and a few days I have to spend here and I hope that it will work good.I pray many time on kotel and that it is for me good although sometimes like this morning I was not concentrated and then I feel unsatisfied. I have not seen that people who I wanted and that makes me sad but I hope I can inspite of this.
You cannot konvert to judaism in three weeks but I know now what to do when I come back again, because I will become hard-biten like leather.
However what can I tell now :Shalom, Salemaleikum, Gruess G-tt and sleep you well in your Eierbettgestell.

Calltec

Sonntag, 25. November 2007

To be in Jerusalem

A few weeks ago I told that I would travel to jerusalem. Well I am now since one week here and I am full of impression so I think i will write more posts when I am back to Germany. My conlusion is if you would convert to judaism you have to do it here in Israel because in Germany or in Europe it means a ticket to synagogue and back, but the real jewish life is not only synagogue is also the living in the life. If you love the reality you love Israel and judaism, it is not easy and it is a desicion for your whole life. For me personally I made the decision to convert to judaism and to live for ever in Israel but at first I have to look after my children, when they are really independet then I can go.Every woman with little children has to make her desicion alone how much power she can spend.
On shabbat so many groups are praying and singing and I made three times Lecha Dodi, so I really made Shabbat. After that all groups were away and I ate alone a little bit of my challa. So you have also to be independet and to run to some groups and to try your best. It is really an adventure or surprise, you need strong nerves.However, I love Jerusalem and Judaism and synagogues and people and the country. On shabbat morning I found a nice synagogue and my shabbat was really beautiful.
The kotel is a beautiful and holy place and I love it in the early morning and in the late evening.It is a wonderful place.
For all people it is a good thing to come to Israel.

Calltec

Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2007

Parenting Groups in USA

Parenting Groups in USA are a good Idea to avoid to loose the children and the pains which are connected with it. In Germany we have groups for single mothers founded by mothers self or by govermental youth welfare. They have good offers but not similar like parental groups which offers a wide area of different education help via online. Parental groups offer courses to educate the mothers about food, health, toys,security in swimming pools, to manage their children in different ways, they presentate also videos or connect the mothers so they have the possibilities for communication.
Interesting is that not only persons like padagogic or pschologists can make foundrising such a group also parents or single mothers can found a parenting group together with schools or kindergarden. There are different ways to get nonprofit moneys, that means all money they get from affiliate programs or from supporters and companies goes stright away to the groups or school or kindergarden.
Many opportunities of parenting groups and the advantage is that you can work independet, reasonable and conscious for your children in the most important years of kindergarden and schools, bcause the most problems, especially for single mothers, are in that times and the danger to loose the children also. Single mothers have to beare a lot of prejudice and to found a parenting group is a chance to fight. The situation and society structure with its thinking is a reality and often we have to work with this reality. we can cry, we can struggle and we can fight, the way how we do it perhaps can change the situation.

www.momsrising.org
www.cafemom.com
www.PTOtoday.com


Calltec

Sonntag, 21. Oktober 2007

The color of water

The Color of water is written by James McBride, autobiographically, very interesting , a tribute to the life of his mother Ruth , a jewish polish immigrant, who had never time to think about race or idendity.

Calltec

Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2007

children welfare in Cuba

As good as the laws acoording to the children welfare are as much the laws differ to the practise. In Germany and in USA as well you can hear voices of critic in point of implementing the law to children welfare.However also in Cuba I could read a lot of critic but I was surprised about the positive report from Unicef. But at first I will write the few statements of children life.
In the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba their family, motherhood and marriage are under the protection of the state. Only marriages authorizid by officials having legal capacity to effect them are valid. Civil marriage is gratiutous and shall be recognized by the law.
The married woman enjoys the full advantages of equal civil capacity, with no necessity for marital permission or authoization in oder to manage property, freely to engage in trade, to enter industry or a profession, to an art, to hold office, and to dispose of the product of her work.
Allowances for support in favour of the woman and the children shall enjoy preference with respect to all other obligations and this preference may not be derogated by any condition of unatachability of property, salary, pension or economic investment of any kind whatever.

Parents are obliged to support ,tend, educate and instruct their children and the latter to respect and assist their parents.(In Germany we don´t have a clause for children to assist their parents with respect)The law shall the fulfillment of these duties with guarantees and adequate penalties.
Children born out of wedlock to a person who at the time of conception may have been able to contract marriage, have the same rights and duties as are stipulated in the preceding paragraph wedlock. except for what the law prescribes in regard to inheritance. The law shall regulate the investigation of paternity.

RCW Representing Children Worldwide writes that some form of a child protective legal process exists in Cuba but is seems unclearly exactly what the child protective entails.Further they mentioned the U:N: Committee on the Rights of the Child with the notice that the views of children in family and social life are insufficient. They also mentioned the very famous case of Elian Gonzalez II who was allowed to take back his daughter to Cuba.You can read: In Controversial Elian Gonzalez II Case, Cuban Father Should be allowed to take his Daughter Back to Cuba. Written by Mike McCormick and Glenn Sacks.
Data from UNICEF The children of Cuba
Since 1959 Cuba has progressively established a national system of day care centers and educational programs, also preschool programs.
A recent study were used Mortality of children under 5 years old
weight of children according to age and height
Number attending schools
Possibility of acquiring AIDS
Possibility of danger due to armed conflict

In this study 144 countries participated. Cuba was on place 28. 27 Countries were better than Cuba.Cuba has an infant mortality rate of 7.2, it is one of the lowest in the world
98% of the children under the age of two are vaccinated for childhood deseases.
Cuba has one doctor for every 172 person.
Cuba has an average of 4.9 pediatrician visits per child under 1 year old.

Calltec