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The decline in fertility in Belgium, where in 2025 the average number of children per woman was 1.4, indicates a growing unrealizability of parenthood due to economic and social factors, despite the increased acceptance of childlessness. #Fécondité #Parenté #PolitiquePublique (translated)

Robert Maaskant advocates for more flexible rules surrounding euthanasia in the Netherlands following the loss of his parents within a month and their experience with unbearable suffering, which makes discussing this topic even more difficult. #Euthanasie #VoltooidLeven #Mantelzorg (translated)

Wouter Duyck stated that the young people who could be arrested during the riots in Brussels, who had actively used violence against the police or infrastructure and had been convicted by a fast-track judge for it, should be held responsible for all the damage. If they were minors, he argued that their parents should also pay. He asked if people agreed with this. #Brussel #jongeren #rellen (translated)

The article highlights the differing opinions of parents regarding their teenagers' participation in protests, with some encouraging them to fight for their rights while others are concerned about the dangers of demonstrating. #Manifeste #RévolteDesÉlèves #Parentalité (translated)

"I grew up with a strong sense of injustice all around me," she said in December 2003 in an interview with the Volkskrant in Tanzania, her then-base as president of the Rwandan tribunal. "As a child of 4, I was told that I could not go to the beach to swim. I felt my parents' fear, saw how they were treated by the whites. I noticed that at school we received old books and desks, the cast-offs from the white schools." #NaviPillay #Mensenrechten #Apartheid (translated)

The neighborhood officer is concerned about the online threats language of children, who, out of fear of becoming victims, sometimes themselves become perpetrators, and urges parents to gain more insight into the digital lives of their children. #onlinepesten #wijkagent #kinderen (translated)

Paul Weller (Woking, Surrey, 25 mei 1958), is een Brits muzikant en zanger. Hij werd bekend met de bands The Jam en The Style Council, alvorens vanaf begin jaren negentig als solo-artiest aan het werk te gaan. Weller groeide op als zoon van Ann (schoonmaakster) en John Weller (taxichauffeur, amateurbokser, bouwvakker); hoewel hij het niet breed had zetten zijn ouders alles op alles om hem te geven waar hij om vroeg. Als tiener ontdekte Weller The Beatles en raakte hij geïnteresseerd in de Modcultuur. https://hvdommelen.nl/w/WellerP.html

At the maintenance organization LBIO, there is chaos and a culture of fear, as demonstrated by complaints from employees about the unsafe working environment and high absenteeism rates, which leads to increasing waiting times for parents who urgently need help. #LBIO #angstcultuur #alimentatie (translated)

Sander Sassen addressed Henri Bontenbal and wrote that he had been little visible for months, despite an earlier column by Sassen about his absence. According to Sassen, Bontenbal had published a long thread on October 7, in which he labeled Hamas a terrorist organization and reflected on the victims and the Jewish community. Sassen felt that Bontenbal had subsequently blurred the responsibility for the violence by talking about a chain of violence, the Israeli response, and civilian casualties. He also believed that Bontenbal had pointed to Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policy as an obstacle to a two-state solution. Sassen argued that this approach equated Hamas's attack and kidnappings with Israel's response, thereby fueling antisemitism. Sassen also criticized Bontenbal's reference to an article in Trouw about Maoz Inon, who lost his parents to Hamas, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother died in an Israeli prison. Sassen described their pursuit of reconciliation as hopeful but felt that Bontenbal presented this initiative as a serious way forward without giving sufficient attention to Hamas's persistence and objectives, according to him. He also stated that Hamas deliberately saddled Palestinian children with hatred for Jews. Sassen wrote that, in his opinion, Bontenbal offered false hope and insufficiently placed responsibility for Hamas's violence on the perpetrators. He claimed that Hamas and its supporters aimed for the destruction of Israel and stated that disarmament by Palestinians, in his view, would bring peace, while Israel's disarmament would lead to a new attack like the one on October 7. #Israël #Hamas #Antisemitisme (translated)

Behavioral expert Kees van Overveld warns in Zwijndrecht of a dangerous school culture of violence and intimidation, where adults hardly intervene and young people create their own moral standards, and he advocates for greater involvement from both schools and parents to change this situation. #geweldonderjongeren #socialemedia #scholen (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that he had received many letters from parents who were concerned about the future of homeschooling in the Netherlands. According to him, some were considering emigrating. He also shared a letter from parents who claimed to have already emigrated in order to continue providing homeschooling for their children. https://t.co/sRWt6s2hvr #thuisonderwijs #emigratie #onderwijs (translated)

The total ban on mobile phones in schools, which will come into effect on January 1, raises doubts among experts who warn that a ban alone is not enough and that cooperation between schools, parents, and students is essential to address the negative effects of smartphone use. #mobieltjeban #onderwijs #schermen (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt argued that the Netherlands should ask less about which ministers should resign and more about whether officials should be held accountable. According to him, a forced departure was often followed by a new position or severance pay, which meant that political responsibility could change into a career step. He cited Hugo de Jonge as an example. Von Kreyfelt stated that political incompetence or mistakes did not in themselves constitute a crime, but that willfully lying under oath, destroying documents, falsifying data, corruption, and deliberately acting unlawfully by officials should be independently investigated. A ministerial title should not provide protection against criminal investigation, according to him. He cited as examples the childcare benefits scandal, Groningen, and the COVID-19 period. He wrote that affected parents were treated as fraudsters and that after inquiries and promises in Groningen, accountability was lacking. He also stated that Rutte, De Jonge, and Grapperhaus had presented political choices during COVID as natural laws, dismissed criticism, and stretched fundamental rights. He emphasized that this did not mean they had committed criminal offenses; this should be investigated independently, according to him. Von Kreyfelt wrote that the Netherlands had had enough of inquiries and reports without consequences, while victims faded from view. Officials who broke the law and deliberately caused harm to society should be able to go to court just like other citizens, according to him. #rechtsstaat #politiek #verantwoordelijkheid (translated)

Jan B. Hommel wrote that he normally did not share anything from GeenStijl, but this time he made an exception. He stated that the victims of the allowance scandal had still not been given justice and that Agaath Cleyndert had already found a lucrative job again. According to Hommel, thousands of documents had remained hidden and parents and children had suffered greatly. He expressed fierce anger and used derogatory language for those involved. He also stated that they should receive a minimal allowance and should be kept away from government positions. Hommel mentioned Pieter Omtzigt and Renske Leijten. #Toeslagenaffaire #Onrecht #MaatschappelijkeImpact (translated)