But not only the mood among the dealers is good, the brothers are also satisfied.

Voters rightly expect the representatives elected for four years to take up their office. "But it would be great if they had the opportunity to take shorter parental leave, for example half a year." She’ll take care of that now.

Nahles would have liked to take a longer break

Nahles (40) had given birth to her first child in January and had already returned to politics at the end of March. She confessed that she would like to have Maria after the birth of Ella "a month or two" paused longer if there was a chance.

Statutory maternity leave after the birth lasts eight weeks, and every parent is entitled to parental leave to care for and raise their child up to the age of three.

 

The first month is over

In the course of handing over the birth certificate, Ms. Kowalski also handed me certificates for the applications for parental and child benefit, as well as another birth certificate for possible maternity assistance and religious purposes, such as baptism.

First trouble

But I could have gotten the application forms themselves in the nine months before the birth at the citizens’ offices and the child benefit or parental benefit offices there. Yes, I forgot – but it has to happen quickly, because it is cash. First big trouble with your loved one, tenor: I only gave birth to the child and carried it to term, what did you actually do for nine months? Wiped out, all the affection, the common breathing and the renunciation of the agreed men’s days. Okay, the nerves.

Financial matters

Another four weeks are now time to register with the health insurance company. At the same time, I take care of the financial issues, with a view to parental and child benefits.

Now support the mother

Here, too, I’m actually too late. My wife won’t be happy about that. She should be able to relax and at least I should be a pillar of our family now – after the tumult in the delivery room. So don’t you get me wrong: it was my tumult. I suffered this breakdown there. It wasn’t really a breakdown, it was more of a hypoglycemia. The attending physician confirmed this as such. Hypoglycaemia. No fear or anxiety – excitement, shock, blood or anything like that. No, no – it was a blood sugar-related deficiency, this has been confirmed by a doctor. It shut down the cycle a little, shall we say … even ate little, you understand? Sponge about it: How can I still help my mother with planning?

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For years, child poverty in Germany has apparently been far lower than many politicians claim. Instead of 16.3 percent, as reported by the industrial countries organization OECD in 2009, it was then only ten percent. This is the result of a comprehensive data correction, according to the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) "Financial Times Germany" performed. According to this, child poverty was never higher than the OECD average of 12.3 percent.

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In the organization’s latest report, child poverty is corrected at 8.3 percent. So be one "now on the safe side again" said the responsible DIW expert Markus Grabka.

Child benefit was increased by 20 euros

The OECD published the figure 16.3 percent in its 2009 report "Doing Better for Families" three weeks before the federal election. It caused a huge sensation and led to new discussions and promises in the election campaign. After the election, the first debate in the black and yellow government revolved around an increase in child benefits. Initially, an increase from 164 to 200 euros was planned, then a decision was made to 20 euros more per child per month.

With the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the DIW conducts one of the most important studies for social statements in the country. Thousands of households are regularly surveyed in detail for this purpose. The SOEP data are the basis for the OECD reports. A family is considered poor if their household income is less than half of the average income.

Measurement error has been fixed

According to Grabka, the corrections were necessary because more and more respondents refuse to provide information. "In the 11,000 households surveyed, the number of those who did not answer has increased. The willingness of participants to participate has been decreasing since 2000." Especially in the case of families with several earners, however, statisticians have great problems estimating when income information is incomplete. "We have corrected this measurement error" said Grabka. The DIW has changed the extrapolation of missing data and the weighting.

The brothers Fynn and Kieron Hamann from Hamburg bring pieces of jewelery from their grandmother’s legacy "Cash for rares". They didn’t expect how much they are really worth.

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Fynn and Kieron Hamann offer a pair of earrings and an armand "Cash for rares" at. "The jewelry is from our grandmother. Our mother found it in a drawer" the brothers from Hamburg explain and reveal to presenter Horst Lichter that the money should go to a family vacation.

"It reminds me a bit of Egyptian jewelry" says lights and leaves Dr. Heide Rezepa-Zabel the field for expertise. "On Tutankhamun’s death mask, do you mean? Maybe that was also in the background – the big entrance is definitely given. The two-tone – yellow gold and a shade of blue – is the topic here" says the expert and turns to the bracelet first.

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"Work of a resourceful goldsmith"

"In this case, it is lapis lazuli that was used here. The bracelet is well made, it really shows the goldsmith’s art. The individual links have been cast using the centrifugal casting process. The whole thing was made by a goldsmith in Germany. It is made of 750 gold and the work of an imaginative goldsmith. That is very typical for the 1960s" she knows and then turns to the earrings. 

"The Creoles come from a later time and are reserved for the big appearance of a self-confident lady. Blue enamel has been applied here. They are also made using the centrifugal casting process and are hollow cast so that they are not too heavy. They are made in Italy" says Rezepa-Zabel.

Brothers miscalculate when it comes to gold jewelry

"Boys, in the family council, did you think about how much money there should be?" Lichter asks the brothers about the promising expertise. "We would like to have the gold price. Spontaneously measured on a scale at home and then of all things, we thought, 1,000 euros would be nice" says Fynn Hamann.

"Yes, you didn’t calculate correctly" Rezepa-Zabel has to tell the brothers – and has a surprise in store for them. "The gold value here is already 1,350 euros and the market price is even higher – at 1,400 to 1,600 euros." "One likes to miscalculate" says lights and exults: "Guys, that’ll give you a great vacation." He happily hands them the dealer card and jokes: "I can already see it coming, there will be one or the other evening when you think about it in the morning, was I there?"

"They look like fat beetles"

In the dealer room, Dr. Elisabeth "Lisa" Nüdling to see twice: "Oh how funny are you twins?" ask her. She is wrong with this assessment, but ultimately wins the bid for the gold jewelry with 1,600 euros. "Do you know who they remind me of? To the ‘Shrimp’ earrings by Seaman Schepps" she explains to her colleagues – and the earrings cost from 3,000 euros. 

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"But they also look like fat beetles" Julian Schmitz-Avila annoys the dealer and Fabian Kahl agrees: "Just like woodlice." "Thank you" replies Nüdling and has to laugh heartily at this comparison. But not only the mood among the dealers is good, the brothers are also satisfied. "That is really a lot more than we expected."

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One of the youngest representatives in this class is the new Ford C-Max, which has been with German dealers since autumn. While the predecessor still appeared to be a pretty good pragmatist, the new compact van rolls much more nicely than before thanks to sleek lines and angular sheet metal. The price list for the C-Max starts at 18,600 euros, but there is a 1.6-liter petrol engine with 105 hp and a consumption of 6.6 liters, five seats and up to 1723 liters of storage space. For the larger Buder, the Grand C-Max, the price list starts at 20,100 euros.

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The fiercest competitor of the Ford C-Max is the VW Touran, the best-selling van in Germany. The family companion, newly launched last summer, is available with a 1.2-liter turbo gasoline engine and 105 hp as a five-seater from 21,750 euros, two extra seats cost 715 euros. The bestseller impresses above all with a good amount of space for all occupants, a low consumption of 6.4 liters and a huge trunk volume of up to 1989 liters.

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A particularly handsome example among the compact vans is the Mazda5 with its three undulating lines in the vehicle flanks. The Japanese are naturally blessed with doors that slide backwards on rails. If you invest a little money, you can even open and close it at the push of a button. But that requires the order of the top equipment "Sports line" for which at least 27,490 euros are due. If you do without it, you can take the Mazda5 home with you with the 115 hp 1.8-liter basic petrol engine and consumption of 7.2 liters from just 20,490 euros – 1597 liters of maximum charge included.