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Finally, it's vacation time! Childcare options for children and teenagers
Students are excited: It's finally summer vacation! But for many parents, the long holiday period raises questions: How can I find good and reliable childcare? What activities are suitable? How much do they cost? And what's happening in our neighborhood?
To make this (even) more successful, as a professional you can find information here on current topics related to family support and family education, get an overview and of course take advantage of the many networking opportunities and their synergies.
The "Welcome to the Family" folder is given to parents of newborns by their pediatrician during the third routine check-up (U3). It offers practical everyday support for the first six months with a baby in the city of Bremen. The WiF folder is funded by the Senator for Labor, Social Affairs, Youth and Integration.
The Bremen Chamber of Employees has presented a new analysis on the compatibility of children and career: In the state of Bremen, only half of all mothers with a child between three and six years old are also employed. This is the result of a new analysis by the Bremen Chamber of Employees on the compatibility of children and career.
The Bremen 1860 Children's Movement Centre is celebrating its anniversary: For 30 years, the Children's Movement Centre (KBZ) has been an integral part of club life and an important place for movement and meeting for children and families in Bremen.
Summer vacation begins in Bremen on July 2nd. But how can the six-week break be effectively combined with family and work life? The Bremen Holiday Compass offers support: at bremer-ferienkompass.de, parents can find an up-to-date overview of supervised holiday programs for school children aged 6 and up.
An earlier start for better opportunities: Bremen will make language support before school enrollment mandatory. The new "Law to Strengthen Mandatory Preschool Language Support" aims to provide children with earlier and more targeted support before deficits make starting school more difficult.
From June 8th to 12th, 2026, the traveling exhibition ZERO! will be on display at the Bremen Health Department. This free exhibition on fetal alcohol syndrome (FASD) provides experiential information about pregnancy, alcohol, and FASD – the damage caused solely by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
The new website of the Bremen Family Network has been online since the end of April. The family portal has undergone a comprehensive technical and content-related overhaul and will offer families and professionals significantly improved user-friendliness. The aim is to make information, services, and support more easily, quickly, and accessibly available.