Germany

More evidence you can't believe a word Nestle says

May 8, 2010




If there are still people who believe anything the Nestle executive told them at the Nestle Family event or anything they claim elsewhere, despite my analysis of the answers I received from Nestle, despite the ongoing work of Baby Milk Action's Boycott Nestle Blog to expose Nestle's lies, and despite a first person account of [...]

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German midwifery care threatened

May 7, 2010




On May 5, International Day of the Midwife, the kids and I attended a protest in Berlin in support of German midwives.  Midwifery care in Germany is currently threatened due to significant increases in the liability insurance premiums that midwives have to pay. According to the Deutscher Hebammen Verband (German Association of Midwives), the premiums [...]

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Berlin: A day care culture

May 3, 2010




Different countries have different levels of support for maternity and parental leave and for affordable available day care. In spite of these supports (or lack thereof), there always seem to be families that decide to be two-income families and families that decide to be one-income families. I sort of expected that no matter which part [...]

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