Exemplary abuse: Mother and youth welfare office in focus!

Exemplary abuse: Mother and youth welfare office in focus!

Zülpich, Deutschland - The investigation against a 21-year-old mother from Zülpich is currently the focus of the police and the Bonn public prosecutor's abuse of the abuse of her three toddlers. As ksta.de , the children aged 2, 3 and 5 years were discovered by passers saw the street. This led to the alarm of the police, which then looked after the children and took them to the hospital due to their poor physical condition.

The first examinations showed that the children were neglected; They only wore shirts and had diapers and rubber boots full of feces. They also showed hematomas and two of the children had injuries on their heads. It was particularly alarming that the youngest child had a broken bone on the leg. In view of these circumstances, the youth welfare office Euskirchen took care of the children, whereby the accommodation is in preparation in a foster family.

reactions and allegations against the youth welfare office

The youth welfare office Euskirchen is also faced with allegations. An employee is suspected of the possible breach of duty, since the youth welfare office, although she had only seen the family three weeks ago, is said to have rejected the takeover of the case. Digital evidence was ensured when the mother's apartment was searched, and the investigation is conducted by the Bonn police headquarters for reasons of neutrality. Further information will not be published for reasons of protection for children and ongoing investigations.

The incidents are part of a worrying trend in Germany, in which the number of child's welfare threats is steadily increases. In 2022, according to bpb.de , around 62,300 child welfare threats have been determined since 2012. Children under the age of three are particularly affected, in which 68 % of the cases were affected by neglect.

In Germany, there has been a right to non -violent education since 2000, legally anchored in paragraph 1631 paragraph 2 of the BGB. Physical punishments and mental injuries are prohibited and violate the UN Convention on the Rights of Children. The state has the obligation to protect children in the event of danger for their well-being, which was specified by the protection mandate of child and youth welfare.

The increasing figures for the risk of child welfare illustrate the challenges in front of which youth welfare offices and authorities are facing. In 2022, over 203,700 suspicion reports of child welfare were examined. Much of these cases - 59 % - showed signs of neglect. The social and structural conditions must be addressed in the coming years to prevent such tragedies and to better protect children.