What do the parties in Baden-Württemberg say on families?

The AfD wants to bring about a "demographic turnaround" and to that end give families noticeable financial relief. At the federal level it supports family-based income splitting for taxes and a refund of pension contributions per child. In its view, immigration should not be a substitute for missing births.

The AfD wants more children to be born. Families should pay less tax. Parents should get back 20,000 euros in pension payments per child. The AfD says immigration should not replace missing children.

The AfD demands that care in daycare centers and with childminders be free of charge for children from the age of two. In addition, working hours, university studies and vocational training are to be made more family-friendly.

The AfD wants daycare to be free for children from age two. This also applies to childminders. The state should help with this. Parents should also be able to work and study more flexibly.

The AfD views the number of abortions critically and wants mandatory pregnancy conflict counseling always to aim at protecting unborn life and showing alternatives to abortion. It also wants to make anonymous births, baby hatches and adoptions easier and to support freelance midwives with a state fund for their insurance costs.

The AfD wants fewer abortions. Counseling for pregnant women should protect the unborn child. It should show other options. There should be baby hatches, and adoption should be easier. Midwives should get state money for their insurance.

The AfD stresses parents' right to raise their children and opposes state intervention in families, which it regards as paternalism. In its view, children should be protected from what the platform calls "early sexualization" and "gender ideology."

The AfD says parents should raise their children themselves. The state should interfere less. The AfD wants to protect children from certain content. It means early teaching about sexuality and gender topics.

The AfD rejects mandatory state childcare and wants parents to choose freely between care in the family, kindergarten and Kindertagespflege (home-based day care). Home-based day care is to be strengthened as an equal option.

The AfD does not want a duty to use state childcare. Parents should decide for themselves. They can care for their child at home. They can also use a kindergarten or a childminder.

The AfD wants to ease the burden on parents during the years when children cost money, mainly through lower taxes instead of social benefits. It argues that families bear the cost of raising children while the children's later contributions benefit everyone.

The AfD wants parents to pay less tax. This should apply while children cost money. The party prefers this to social benefits. It says children later pay into the pension system. Everyone gains from that.

The CDU wants a mandatory final year of daycare with special support for all children so they start elementary school with solid basics. That year is to be free of fees for parents; the party wants to work out funding with the federal government and municipalities.

All children should attend daycare in the last year before school. They get special support there. Parents should pay nothing for this year. The CDU also wants to recruit more skilled staff for daycare.

The CDU wants children to speak enough German before starting school and relies on binding support to get there. Early-detection health checkups are to become mandatory for all children, and state benefits are to depend on taking part.

Children should speak German well before first grade. Those who need help must accept it. All children must go to early health checkups. Otherwise families may get less money from the state.

The CDU wants to push for the child tax allowance to move step by step toward the parents' basic allowance. In this way, joint taxation for spouses would become a family-based splitting model. Families with three or more children are to receive targeted support.

Families should pay less tax. The tax allowance for children should go up. It should move closer to the allowance for parents. Families with many children should get special help.

The CDU wants to set up child-poverty prevention networks in every city and county by 2030. Families are to get local support centers that guide them to services, plus a digital portal for family benefits.

The CDU wants to protect children from poverty. By 2030 there should be help networks everywhere in the state. Families should find advice centers nearby. They should be able to apply for family benefits online easily.

The CDU wants to broaden the state's child protection master plan and create uniform statewide standards for child and youth welfare services. Where a child's welfare is at risk, the state should be able to step in firmly, and IP addresses are to be stored for a limited time to prosecute serious crimes.

The CDU wants to protect children better. Youth welfare services should follow the same rules everywhere in the state. The state should be able to step in when a child is in danger. Internet addresses should be stored for a while. This should help police find offenders.

The Greens want to expand child and family centers that offer counseling, in order to ease the load on families whatever their way of organizing work and home life. They also plan to examine funding for social-work services and easy-access parent counseling in daycare centers.

The Greens want to help families more. There should be more child and family centers. Parents can get advice there. Daycare centers may also offer advice for parents. The Greens want to check this.

The Greens want to make the last daycare year before school both compulsory and free of charge. In addition, the state is to put more money into daycare so that fees rise less, and to point to income-based fees as a route to greater fairness.

The Greens want the last daycare year to be free. All children must attend this year. The state should pay more for daycare. Then fees will not rise as much. Families with less money should pay less.

The Greens want to further strengthen the protection of children from violence, including online. A state survivors' council is meant to bring the perspective of people affected by sexualized violence permanently into policymaking. Counseling and support for families and networks against child poverty are to be expanded.

The Greens want to protect children better from violence. This also applies online. People who were affected should have a say in a council. Families should easily find advice and help. There should be networks against child poverty everywhere.

The SPD wants to strengthen child protection with uniform standards for all youth welfare offices and protection plans in all daycare centers and schools. Every school is to have access to youth services, and the state is to pay half the cost of school social work. More places are to be created in child and adolescent psychiatry.

The SPD wants to protect children better. All youth welfare offices should follow the same rules. Every daycare and school should have a child protection plan. The state should pay half of school social work. There should be more places for children with mental illness.