Child Abuse: Germany is Shocked into Hosting a Childcare Summit Next Week
By rochelle moore, published Dec 19, 2007
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An emergency Childcare Summit is being held in Berlin next week in a bid to deal with their culture of deference and to address the evergrowing numbers of child deaths, abuse and neglect. This Summit should have been held years ago and unfortunately, it has come four years too late for little baby Celine.Just two week the politicians, representatives of childcare organizations and anyone who could jump onto the bandwagon, did just that. "Too little, too late!".
This malee to speak to the press came about when police in the city of Paulen entered an apartment of a woman they call Susan F. They found the bodies of three newborn baby girls and when they asked the Mother to explain her answer was;
"They just died on their own so I disposed of them". " None of the neibours nor Susan F's boyfriend admitted to knowing anything about the pregnancies nor the death of the newborn little sisters.
The three tiny little sisters were born as follows, Celine was forn in 2003 and her little frozen body was found in the family freezer with a tiny woollen hat on her head. Her two sisters, who have no names, were born in 2004 and 2005. This story hit the headlines however was knocked from it's perch within a few hours when more news of a schizophernic Mother in Northern Germany tranquilized and smothered her five young boys. No wonder the Politicians were out in force trying to point the finger at anyone but themselves.
The decentralized, state-by-state approach to childcare in Germany is just not working. In some states, when a child is born, the Hospital does not have to register the birth and the child only comes into the light of the Government when first attending school. In the western state of Saarland a new system of mandetory health check was introduced. If a child did not attend school or for appointments, a social worker calls to the home to check up and ascertain if everything is in order. Other states are trying to set-up a similar method however the Federal Government in Berlin rejected the calls for uniform guidelines.

Child Abuse: Germany is Shocked into Hosting a Childcare Summit Next Week
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Takeaways
- German Emergency Meeting on Child Abuse - in memory of baby Celine
- The Federal Government of Berlin reject calls for uniform childcare guidelines
- Baby Celine found in family freezer
Did You Know?
Child abuse, in any country, must be dealt with as a priority by the Government. I hope this story about little baby Celine will draw attention to the much needed re-organization within Germany on the issue of childcare, child deaths, child abuse...Resources
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