In all families there are sometimes arguments.
Sometimes the arguments are very frequent and very bad
Then parents and children can get help.
Even if parents are very ill.

Parenting support is a range of services.
They help with family problems.

You can get help from the youth welfare office.
You have to go to the youth welfare office for this.
The help is voluntary.
You do not have to accept the help.

At the beginning there is an interview.
You tell them about your problems.
The specialists will suggest solutions.

Children and young people can also go to the Youth Welfare Office on their own.
The parents do not need to know this.

The help is tailored to the child's needs.
They also meet the needs of the young person.
Everyone is involved in the planning:

• the parents
• the child or young person
• the youth welfare office

There are various forms of help for families:

• Parenting advice:
  Specialists help parents with parenting problems.
• Social group work:
  Older children and young people learn in groups.
  They learn how to interact with other people.
• Educational support:
  Specialist people help children and young people directly.
• Help for parents with mental illness:
  Children receive special support.
  This is when the parents are ill.
• Care helpers:
  Children and young people learn to become more independent.
  However, they remain connected to the family.
• Emergency care:
  Children are temporarily placed in a foster family.
  Or they live in a youth welfare facility.
• Integration assistance:
  This is for children with mental disabilities.
  They receive additional help.

Every family has arguments from time to time. Arguments between parents or between parents and children. If the arguments become more frequent, it is a great burden. Parents and children sometimes need support. Help with parenting offers this support. Hilfen zur Erziehung is the name given to various offers of help for families with problems and in crisis situations.

If you would like to receive help from the youth welfare office, you must contact them. The help is not an obligation, but an offer. The first step is often a consultation with the youth welfare office. You can explain your problem there. The staff can make suggestions on how to solve the problem.

Children, teenagers or young adults can also seek help from the youth welfare office on their own. The parents do not need to know about this if the young person does not want it.

Educational support is based on the interests and needs of the child or young person. The basis for granting help is the help plan procedure. In the help plan procedure, the legal guardians, the children or young people and the youth welfare office are involved.

There are different types of educational support:

• An educator advises and supports parents with questions about parenting (educational counseling).
• The social development of older children and young people is to be promoted through a pedagogical concept in a group (social group work).
• A socio-educational specialist tries to help children or young people (educational support).
• Children receive help if their parents have a mental illness.
• Promoting the independence of the child or young person while maintaining a connection to the family (care assistant).
• Care and support for a child in an emergency situation. For example, the child may be placed in a foster family for a certain period of time or in a residential youth welfare facility (home education, assisted living or intensive individual socio-educational care).
• There is also integration assistance for children and young people with mental disabilities (not part of educational assistance). They are of course also entitled to educational assistance. The assistance and integration assistance can be provided alongside each other or in combination.