More creative freedom and more case-specific support for people requiring assistance, yet more bureaucracy, with quite a few unresolved questions pending: Benjamin Andrae, a Board Member of the Anthropoi Federation, explains, in an interview, the state of affairs in matters relating to the Federal Participation Act. He comments that, for institutions of the anthroposophical social care system, the present reforms opened up development prospects, which may lead to a new quality in community education ...

How do children and young people learn to use media with confidence? And what can kindergartens and schools do to introduce them to different media appropriate for their age – analogue as well as digital? A current research project at the Alanus University is pursuing these issues in the context of progressive educational institutions. The initial results were published in an interim report at the end of 2020.

Day to day life with small children can be challenging – and can raise many questions for parents. That’s why exchange and communication with other families is so important. Sometimes a bit of professional assistance can help, as well. Both are available at the drop-in parent-child group at the Women’s and Family Center SzenenWechsel (“Change of Scenery”) in Seeheim-Jugenheim.