{"id":6112,"date":"2025-08-20T08:42:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:43:50","slug":"die-verlorene-kindheit-deutschlands-abstieg-im-internationalen-vergleich-der-kinderwohlfahrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/die-verlorene-kindheit-deutschlands-abstieg-im-internationalen-vergleich-der-kinderwohlfahrt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Childhood \u2013 Germany\u2019s Decline in the International Comparison of Child Well\u2011Being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a grim image painted by the UNICEF report Innocenti Report Card 19 \u2013 an image that shows children in Germany far removed from the sense of security that still dominates the country\u2019s public self-image. In a world shaken by pandemic, climate crisis, and social upheaval, the situation of the youngest has deteriorated in many wealthy nations. But while countries like the Netherlands, Denmark, or France managed to stay on course amidst the turmoil, Germany has slipped \u2013 to an alarming 25th place out of the 43 countries studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report measures child welfare along three dimensions: mental health, physical health, and basic skills. Germany does not perform well in any of them. The biggest gap is in the area of skills \u2013 school and social competencies \u2013 where Germany ranks a bitter 34th place, with only nine countries behind it. While Ireland (1st place) or Slovenia (2nd place) show what targeted educational and social policies can achieve, Germany seems unable to even keep up. In physical health, Germany reaches 14th place \u2013 better than average, but far behind France (2nd), Switzerland (7th), or Portugal (10th). In mental health \u2013 such as life satisfaction or youth suicide prevalence \u2013 Germany sits in the middle with 18th place \u2013 a worrying finding for a country that sees itself as child-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five best-ranked countries \u2013 the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Ireland \u2013 stand out for balanced results in all three areas. The Netherlands ranks 1st in mental health, France 2nd in physical health, Ireland 1st in skills \u2013 showing that it is very much possible to create stable conditions for children in the midst of multiple crises. These countries invest in education, early childhood support, psychological care \u2013 and they do so not sporadically, but systematically and over the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat.webp?resize=635%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat.webp?resize=635%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat.webp?resize=7%2C12&amp;ssl=1 7w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat.webp?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat.webp?w=738&amp;ssl=1 738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany, on the other hand, is caught in structural stagnation. The COVID-19 pandemic led to 38 weeks of school closures \u2013 more than in France, Switzerland, or the Netherlands. The impact on learning behavior, mental strain, and social isolation is obvious, and the report makes clear: the consequences are not yet overcome. At the same time, the share of overweight children has increased, life satisfaction has decreased \u2013 and inequality has grown. Because as the report emphasizes: not all children are equally affected. Children from low-income families, single-parent households, or with a migration background carry the main burden of this development. Nearly one in six adolescents in the countries studied lives with a diagnosed mental illness \u2013 and the number is rising. And even if Germany is not at the very bottom, the real tragedy is that it is not stopping the trend \u2013 it is reinforcing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a country that prides itself on progress, every fifth child lives in poverty. Not metaphorically. Not as a feeling. But in reality. Three million children and adolescents in Germany grow up under conditions that turn the word \u201cfuture\u201d into a farce. It is a scandal in plain sight \u2013 and a systemic failure that has long become normalized. Because child poverty is not a mishap. It is deliberate \u2013 the result of policies that manage structural inequality instead of eliminating it. Policies that preach budget discipline rather than implement justice. The truth is: Germany is saving money on childhood. On the well-being of those who have no lobby, make no headlines, cannot protest \u2013 but form the backbone of tomorrow's society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures from 2024 speak a language that cannot be sugarcoated: nearly 40 percent of foreign children in Germany live on basic income support. Among German children it is 7.6 percent \u2013 still too many, but a clear sign of a structural imbalance that can also be read ethnically. Children with a migration background carry the double stigma of origin and poverty \u2013 and pay for it with opportunities, health, and joy in life. How is a child supposed to learn that they are equally valued when their family cannot afford fresh fruit because the benefit rates allow only four to seven euros per day for food? When the children's bedroom becomes the only retreat \u2013 and that room does not even exist? When birthday parties, pool visits, or school trips are just stories others tell? This poverty is not individual failure. It is the result of political decisions. Because children are poor when their parents are poor. And those parents often work \u2013 too much, too poorly paid, without security. Single. Discriminated. Ill. Stranded in a system that defends more than it enables. Poverty is passed on \u2013 not just materially, but emotionally, culturally, socially. A deficit that burns itself into life stories that never had the same chance. The big answer is supposed to be basic child support. A concept that bundles, simplifies, and raises benefits. But so far it remains a promise. Much is on paper, little is enacted. Meanwhile, prices are rising \u2013 bread, bell peppers, orange juice \u2013 one percent after the other, and each increase means: one less day of being full for some families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who want to preserve social peace must abolish child poverty. Not tomorrow. Today. Because a country that betrays its children loses more than wealth \u2013 it loses itself. In statistics, in silence, in the thin line between ignorance and indifference. Child poverty is not a force of nature. It is a political will \u2013 or its absence. And as long as that doesn't change, every appeal is a lie, every poll an excuse, every government change a cosmetic maneuver. Because those who accept silence about child poverty accept a two-tier generation of children. And that is not just unjust. It is unbearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for those who think this is just a rough statistical estimate \u2013 they are wrong. The numbers exist. They are meticulously broken down \u2013 by age, origin, level of education, region, and household type. And they tell an even darker story than the official situation suggests. In 2023, according to EU-SILC, about 14.0 percent of all children and adolescents under 18 in Germany were at risk of poverty \u2013 that corresponds to about 2.1 million young people. But the average conceals reality. Children from educationally disadvantaged households \u2013 meaning families where parents have no vocational qualification \u2013 are particularly affected at 36.8 percent. If the parents have a higher degree, such as a university diploma, the risk drops to just 5.8 percent. Education, it turns out, protects \u2013 but only if you can afford it. Single mothers form another hotspot: about 24 percent of them receive basic income support \u2013 and live permanently in precarious conditions with their children. The risk is particularly high in single-parent households with multiple children. And it is here that several poverty factors often overlap \u2013 low education, part-time jobs, health burdens, discrimination. Family size also plays a key role: in large families with three or more children, the risk is especially high \u2013 according to the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, about 50 percent of all poor children in 2022 grew up in such households. The migration factor remains especially serious: children with a migration background were recently affected at a rate of around 28 to 30 percent \u2013 more than twice as often as children without a migration background (13\u201314 percent). The situation is even more severe for foreign children without German citizenship: around 39.7 percent of them received basic income support in 2023 \u2013 compared to only 7.6 percent among German children. This poverty is not fog \u2013 it is mappable, with clear contours. We know where it lives, what it looks like, whom it belongs to. The data are there, openly available. The only question is: does anyone really want to look?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\"><strong>Investigative journalism requires courage, conviction \u2013 and your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/unterstuetzen-sie-unser-arbeit\/\" style=\"background-color:#f40ff1;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">Support Kaizen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:73px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"eu-news,news,topstory\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1755679370\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Die verlorene Kindheit \u2013 Deutschlands Abstieg im internationalen Vergleich der Kinderwohlfahrt\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Es ist ein bedr\u00fcckendes Bild, das der UNICEF-Bericht Innocenti Report Card 19 zeichnet \u2013 ein Bild, das die Kinder in Deutschland weit entfernt von jener sorglosen Geborgenheit zeigt, die das \u00f6ffentliche Selbstbild noch immer suggeriert. In einer Welt, die durch Pandemie, Klimakrise und gesellschaftliche Umbr\u00fcche ins Wanken geraten ist, hat sich die Lage der J\u00fcngsten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu-news","category-news","category-topstory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Die verlorene Kindheit \u2013 Deutschlands Abstieg im internationalen Vergleich der Kinderwohlfahrt - The Kaizen Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In keinem dieser Bereiche schneidet Deutschland besonders gut ab. 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