What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on families?

The AfD wants to give families financial relief and more time, and to let parents choose freely between caring for children at home and paid work. Counseling and support services for families in crisis are to be better funded and easy to reach in rural areas as well. The platform justifies this with the state's low birth rate.

The AfD wants to help families. Parents should have more money and more time for their children. They should choose for themselves whether to work or care for children at home. There should be more counseling for families in need, also in the countryside.

The AfD wants to pay a welcome bonus of €3,000 for every newborn child. It would go to citizens whose main residence is in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is meant to make it easier for young people to decide to have children.

The AfD wants to give parents €3,000 for each baby. Only citizens who live in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern get the money. The state pays it in three parts. The goal is for more young people to have children.

The AfD wants to keep daycare free of charge while enforcing more staff per child. Childcare workers are to be paid better and relieved of paperwork, and daycare operators are to be monitored more closely. German is to be the mandatory language in daycare centers.

Daycare should stay free for parents. The AfD wants more staff for the children. The staff should be paid well. Everyone in daycare should speak German. The state should check daycare operators more closely.

The AfD wants to keep the current time-limit rule for abortion and rejects any further legalization. At the same time, help for pregnant women in distress is to be expanded so that more women decide to have the child. The party considers the right to life of the unborn insufficiently protected today.

The AfD wants to keep today's rules on abortion. It is against loosening these rules. Pregnant women in need should get more help. That way more women should decide to have their child.

The AfD wants every state law and regulation to be checked for its effects on families before it is adopted. The assessment is to be mandatory so that effects do not become visible only after a law takes effect.

The AfD wants new state laws to be checked in advance. The check should show what a law means for families. For example: Will families have less money or more paperwork? The check should be mandatory.

The AfD wants to preserve and expand Childhood Houses, where children who have experienced violence are cared for and interviewed in one place. Mother-child facilities are to receive stable funding that covers their costs. This is to be accompanied by more prevention and training for professionals.

The AfD wants to protect children better from violence. There are houses where doctors, police and youth welfare offices help together. These houses should stay and there should be more of them. Facilities for mothers and children in need should also get enough money. Professionals should learn to spot dangers to children early.

The Greens want each staff member in nurseries, daycare centers and after-school care to look after fewer children. Because fewer children are being born, childcare workers are not to be laid off but used to make groups smaller.

Daycare groups are often too big. The Greens want smaller groups. Fewer children are being born. Still, all childcare workers should keep their jobs. Then they have more time for each child.

The Greens want to give every child a legal claim to a full-day childcare place and to keep daycare free of fees. Care is to follow families' needs, and parents should no longer have to file burdensome applications.

Daycare should stay free for parents. Every child should have a right to a full-day place. Parents then have to fill out fewer forms. Children with disabilities should be able to take part everywhere.

The Greens want to write children's rights into the state constitution and give young people more say in decisions. Preventive child protection would be expanded, including Childhood Houses for children who have experienced violence. Youth culture would be supported so that fewer young people move away.

The Greens want to put children's rights in the state constitution. Young people should have more say. Children who have suffered violence should get help in a safe place. There should be youth clubs and sports sites everywhere.

The Greens want to expand social infrastructure for families. The 16 pilot centers for children and families would be made permanent and gradually rolled out across the state. Counseling services would be adequately funded everywhere.

The Greens want to strengthen families. There are 16 centers for children and families. These should stay, and more should be added. Advice on debt, addiction and other worries should be available everywhere.

The Greens want care work to be better organized, recognized and supported. Siblings should be entitled to full-day childcare during the mother's maternity protection period, and families should get local support centers. According to the platform, there is no equality unless care work is shared fairly.

Many people look after children or care for relatives. The Greens want to make this easier for them. There should be help centers close to home. Siblings should get full-day childcare while the mother is on maternity leave.

The Left wants to introduce a Kindergrundsicherung (basic child benefit) to fight child poverty. It is to include higher child benefit payments and supplements for single parents and low-income families. According to the program, at least one in six children in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is affected by poverty.

Many children in the state are poor. The Left wants to change that. It wants to introduce a basic child benefit. This is money from the state for all children. The regular child payment should go up. Single parents and poor families should get more.

The Left wants to introduce a children's card that gives every child up to age 18 a monthly credit of 50 euros. The money is meant to be used for sports, culture and education.

The Left wants a children's card. Every child up to age 18 gets 50 euros a month with it. The money is for sports, culture and education.

The Left wants to require municipalities to provide child and youth work and to fund the state youth plan according to need. It also calls for an independent commissioner for children and youth with cabinet rank, children's rights in the Basic Law, and more money for sports.

Towns and cities should have to offer youth work. Today this is voluntary. There should be an independent person for children and youth in the government. Children's rights should be written into the constitution. Sports should also get more money.

The Left wants to introduce 28 days of paid parental leave for the second parent after a birth. Care work is to be shared more fairly between the sexes. Nursery, daycare and after-school care are to remain free of charge.

After a birth, the second parent should also get 28 days off. This time is paid. Women and men should share family work more fairly. Nursery, daycare and after-school care stay free.

The SPD wants to improve midwifery care and anchor midwife-led delivery rooms in federal law. The goal is for every woman to be cared for by her own midwife during birth.

The SPD wants to support midwives. Midwives help women give birth. Every woman should have her own midwife during birth. Midwives should earn enough money.

The SPD wants to push at the federal level for a higher Elterngeld (parental allowance): 80 percent of previous income, capped at 3,200 euros. The minimum rate is also to rise, and the amounts are to be adjusted for inflation every year.

The SPD wants higher parental allowance. Parents should get 80 percent of their earlier pay. The top amount should be 3,200 euros. The allowance should rise with prices every year. The federal government decides on this.

The SPD wants a second Childhood-Haus for children who have experienced violence in the state and seeks federal funding for it. The state office KipsFam, which supports children from families affected by mental illness or addiction, is to be funded beyond 2027.

The SPD wants to protect children better. There should be a second Childhood-Haus in the state. Children who suffered violence get help there. Children with sick or addicted parents should also keep getting help.

The SPD regards places for young people as part of basic public services and wants to strengthen youth clubs, sociocultural centers and open meeting places, especially in rural areas. The 50-50 taxi ticket for young people is to continue.

The SPD wants more meeting places for young people. These include youth clubs and open spaces. This matters most in the countryside. Young people should still get taxi rides at half price at night.

The SPD wants to keep nursery, kindergarten and after-school care, including during school vacations, free for parents even under pressure to save. In the platform's view, this relieves families, increases equal opportunity and makes adequate pay for staff possible.

Parents in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern pay nothing for daycare. The SPD wants to keep it that way. This applies to nursery, kindergarten and after-school care. The SPD says all children should have equal chances.

The SPD wants to keep reducing group sizes in daycare and retain staff in the system despite falling numbers of children. Support needs are to be identified earlier and language education strengthened.

The SPD wants smaller groups in daycare. Staff should stay even if there are fewer children. Children who need support should get help earlier. Children should learn to speak better.