Well-being Instead of Well-off
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has released its 2026 report on child well-being. Germany is in 25th place out of the 37 countries evaluated. How is that possible?
Philipp Reubke · 17 June 2026 · 4 min
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It’s Worth Asking
Questions are a way of listening to one another and showing interest. But not every question awakens the other person’s interest. For some, certain questions aren’t really “their” questions, either because they already know the answer or have figured it out for themselves or because they don’t find the question particularly interesting or relevant. How can I tell the difference? How do I know whether a question touches me or not? What makes it moving, and what makes it boring? …
Andreas Laudert · 10 June 2026 · 1 min
When Will the Wound Heal?
Nakba Day—the Memory of the Catastrophe—is observed annually on May 15. It commemorates the Nakba, the violent uprooting and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians, following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Hundreds of villages were destroyed, families torn apart; many people were forced to flee or prevented from returning. Gaza became one of the places where a large number of these displaced people and their descendants were crowded together. But May 15 is also International Conscientious …
David Auerbach · 03 June 2026 · 1 min
When Prenatal Life Becomes Biography
Recent medical research reveals an association between complications during pregnancy and early childhood developmental issues. How much of the quality of a child’s life is predetermined during gestation? In recent years, medical research has increasingly turned its attention to the prenatal period, recognizing that human development is shaped long before birth. A large-scale cohort study published in JAMA Network Open reinforces this perspective, showing that certain complications during pregnancy—most notably hypertensive or high blood pressure disorders such as preeclampsia—are associated …
Gerry Katramados · 27 May 2026 · 1 min