Fathers Center Berlin

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The Väterzentrum Berlin is a meeting point and information center for fathers, their children and families. It offers fathers space and the opportunity to exchange ideas, network, participate in events, courses, groups and joint activities. The aim of the work is to promote caring, active fatherhood . The Väterzentrum Berlin is organized as a non-profit association (eV).

Establishment, offers

The offer structure of the Väterzentrum Berlin includes the so-called Papaladen as a low - threshold open meeting place with a café as well as structured information and advice offers . Examples from the program include: the Papa Café for fathers on parental leave , educational activities such as father - child weekends, advice for fathers, information on the subject of work-life balance , family events such as the Prenzlauer Berg Grand Prix, a car race a Carrera car racing track. The Väterzentrum Berlin cooperates with other institutions in the field of father work and father promotion. In cooperation with clinics in Berlin, the Väterzentrum offers courses for fathers-to-be; In the Plötzensee juvenile prison, employees of the association organized groups for imprisoned fathers. The father center also works nationwide in training for skilled workers and is involved in social and family policy . The employees of the father center, the political scientist Eberhard Schäfer and the qualified social pedagogue and industrial clerk Marc Schulte, give lectures at conferences across Germany about working with fathers and regularly publish articles in specialist journals and books. The Väterzentrum Berlin organizes specialist conferences itself. The target group of the Väterzentrum Berlin are fathers of all childhood and family constellations as well as their children and families. In 2010 the Väterzentrum Berlin had around 4,000 visitors.

institution

The Fathers Center Berlin was opened in 2007. It is based in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg . The Väterzentrum Berlin is a non-profit association (eV). The work of the Väterzentrum Berlin is part of family education according to Section 16 of the Child and Youth Welfare Act ( Book 8 of the Social Code , SGB VIII). It is funded by the State of Berlin ( Senate Department for Education, Science and Research ). In addition, individual projects at the Father's Center are funded by foundations such as the Youth and Family Foundation of the State of Berlin, the Veolia Foundation, and BILD hilft (A Heart for Children) . Companies such as the toy manufacturer Carrera are also sponsors of the father center.

aims

In its mission statement, the Väterzentrum Berlin is committed to promoting caring and active fatherhood. In accordance with its mission statement, the aim of the work of the Väterzentrum Berlin is to strengthen the relationships between fathers and children and the equality of men and women in the family , the world of work and society. The Väterzentrum Berlin wants to support fathers in their relationship with their children by supporting, informing, networking and advising fathers in all family situations. The mission statement of the father center emphasizes that its practice is based on international scientific knowledge of father and family research as well as on the results of infant psychology. According to the mission statement, studies in these areas have highlighted the great importance of fathers for the development of children and the contribution of fathers to happy families - fathers, mothers and children.

Unique position

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Both the concept and the practice of the work of the Väterzentrum Berlin are unique of their kind. In Germany, only the Vaeter eV facility in Hamburg works in a similar way. There are no comparable institutions in Europe either.

Awards

In 2009, the work of the Väterzentrum Berlin was recognized as a “selected location in the Land of Ideas” by the initiative Germany - Land of Ideas under the patronage of the Federal President. In 2010, the father center was nominated for the Karl Kübel Prize. The prize is awarded by the Karl Kübel Foundation to institutions and projects that are committed to promoting children in early childhood.

Professional networking and response

The employees of the Father's Center are invited as specialist speakers to regional and national specialist conferences (such as the German Welfare Day 2009, the German Association for Public and Private Welfare 2008, the Federal Conference of the German Red Cross on Working with Fathers in 2009) and work in technical and scientific projects at EU level With. You regularly write publications for specialist books and relevant specialist journals and online publications and you write books yourself or publish books and documentation. The Väterzentrum Berlin participates in the professional associations Väter-Expert-Netz Deutschland eV and Bundesforum Männer eV.

Media coverage

Since 2007, regional, national and international media have reported over 100 times about the Väterzentrum Berlin. These include regional media (Berliner Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Morgenpost) as well as national media (Süddeutsche Zeitung, ARD Tagesthemen), ZDF (tonight, Frontal 21), SPIEGEL, Spiegel Online, as well as international media such as the First Russian Television, Radio France, Deutsche Welle Ukraine, Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) Tagesanzeiger (Zurich, Switzerland).

literature

  • Adrienne Burgess: The Costs and Benefits of Active Fatherhood. Evidence and Insights to Inform the Development of Policy and Practice. Fathersdirect / Fatherhood Institute, UK 2008 ( PDF file , English)
  • Wassilios E. Fthenakis: Facets of fatherhood - perspectives of an innovative father policy. 2008 ( PDF file ).
  • Natasha J. Cabrera: Father Involvement and Public Policies. In: Michael E. Lamb (Ed.): The Role of the Father in Child Development. 5th edition. Wiley, Hoboken 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-40549-9 .
  • Eberhard Schäfer: Family education must be father-friendly. In: Early Childhood. Issue 3/2007.
  • Eberhard Schäfer, M. Schulte: Kicker, Carrera and Care: How the dad generation ticks and where it meets. In: Early Childhood. Issue 1/2009.
  • Eberhard Schäfer, M. Schulte, H.-G. Nelles, A. Borter: Not wimps, but trendsetters. Working with fathers: ways out of isolation and how they can (be) tread. In: K. Jurczyk, A. Lange (Ed.): Becoming a father and being a father today. New ways - new opportunities! Bertelsmann Stiftung publishing house, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-86793-035-2 , pp. 326-344.
  • Kim Bode, Alexander Neubacher: child within man. In: Der Spiegel. dated November 22, 2010.
  • Christian Mayer: Papa holds the position. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. from October 14, 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mission statement of the father center Berlin. ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vaeterzentrum-berlin.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at vaeterzentrum-berlin.de, accessed on January 24, 2011
  2. ↑ Michael E. Lamb (Ed.): The Role of the Father in Child Development. 5th edition. Wiley, Hoboken 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-40549-9 .
    C. Lewis, Michael E. Lamb: Fathers: the research perspectives. In: Supporting Fathers. Contributions from the International Fatherhood Summit 2003. Early Childhood Development: Practice and Reflections 20, Bernard van Leer Foundation, April 2004 ( PDF file ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )     Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. , 4.2 MB, English). Heinz Walter (Ed.): Men as Fathers. Social science theory and empiricism. Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 2002, ISBN 3-89806-140-X . Eirini Flouri: Fathering & Child Outcomes. Chichester 2004, ISBN 0-470-86168-1 . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bernardvanleer.org

  3. ↑ Wassilios E. Fthenakis, Bernhard Kalicki, Gabriele Peitz: Couples become parents. The results of the LBS family study. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2002.
  4. ↑ Väterzentrum Berlin - an excellent place for the "Generation Papa". In: Press releases from the State of Berlin. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ Nomination for the Karl Kübel Prize 2010 ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from karlkuebelpreis.de, accessed on January 24, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.karlkuebelpreis.de
  6. ↑ european-fatherhood.com accessed on February 1, 2011
  7. ↑ Eberhard Schäfer: Anyone who wants "new" fathers must encourage them. Comment from Die Gesellschafter, (2008) accessed on February 2, 2011
  8. ^ R. Richter, Eberhard Schäfer: Das Papa-Handbuch. Everything you need to know about pregnancy, childbirth and the first three months. Munich 2005, 9th edition. 2011, ISBN 978-3-7742-6975-0 (other editions: Czech ( ISBN 978-80-247-2083-8 ), Italian ( ISBN 978-88-481-1906-1 ), French ( ISBN 978-2 -501-06596-2 ) and Korean ( ISBN 978-89-93267-20-4 )).
  9. ↑ Eberhard Schäfer (Ed.), Holger Klemm (Red.): Right of way for fathers. Work with fathers in Berlin. Documentation of the symposium on September 24, 2008 ( PDF file ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vaeterzentrum-berlin.de
  10. ↑ Eberhard Schäfer, Michael Abou-Dakn, Achim Wöckel (eds.): It's not difficult to become a father? On the new role of the father around childbirth. Giessen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89806-819-2 .
  11. ↑ The press about the Väterzentrum Berlin ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 1, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vaeterzentrum-berlin.de

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