Being able to see a problem and address it instead of just shouting "We are number one!" is true patriotism. A good patriot should want what's best for their country, improve it and make it a better place to be. This cannot be done if you're unable to utter critique. This is what I see in Jovie, she's absolutely someone who wants the best for the US and US Americans. This makes her a better patriot than all those idiots who attack her for saying the US isn't perfect.

America is 21st century Rome in decline. Today in US, the more stupid you are, the more patriotic you're seen. Check out "John Stossel Stupid in America",. That will give you an idea how stupid we are.

We now are seeing "forced patriotism" rearing it's ugly head. In Iowa there is a proposal that would force teachers to stand for the "Pledge of Alligance" and they could be fired for saying anything critical of the United States... And lets not even start on the book-banning proposals!

@@timnewman1172 Wow, that's some north-Korean level shit

@@gammaraider , they are completely nuts... we effectively have one-party rule in this state. They have even gone as far as kicking the press off the Senate floor, a tradition that goes back 140 years!

What the ….???? I can’t imagine something like that for my 4 year old in Germany. The „worst“ we have is fire drills (from kindergarten through school).

Active shooter or bear attack: both sounds horrible for such small children.

@@ankavoskuilen1725 Bears don't have rapid fire assault guns.

@@gordonwallin2368 unless it is an american bear...

How do you make such a drill not traumatizing for kids? Is the advantage of minimizing the risk of the kids getting hurt by a few % worth the risk of kids getting scared of going to school?

Also, most of the anti abortion states are republican states. Republicans are against government involvement in their lives. Yet, they are ok with the government deciding on what women can do with their bodies.....

@@ellen3131 It is where schools still teach creation instead of evolution. Where pregnancies are the result of God, not of rape. Where the mayor opens the council meeting with an evangelical preach, and all have to respect it, even if you are atheist or of another belief. Where they pretend to be christian but have the worst conditions for poor and needy.

@@dutchman7623 Yes terrible hypocrites

This is all to ensure teenage girl who got pregnant will have miserable life and will not finish school. This is driven by hate towards women to make them suffer because of unwanted pregnancy. Conservatives believe women are worse sort of human beings, who cannot decide for themselves and needs male supervision and being impregnated from time to time to ensure they will never have time to get education, job etc.

@@Erintii evangelical conservatives in the south ( my family, neighbors, community etc) certainly believe that women should be submissive to their fathers and or husbands. Which is absurd. However as a collective group evangelical conservatives do not wish women to be miserable as a pillar of their platform. Women being miserable can be a side affect though for sure.

Me too in the Netherlands. We'd go with 2 into the woods, had to run sometimes from bullies (adventure!) but never felt our lives in danger over there, or anywhere near our home. A kidnapping of a child was national news, still is. So it's not it doesn't happen, but it's so rare that most children grow up in safety. That is a huge win to mental health too.

I live in Italy, since I was at least 10 years old, I was away from home until 11pm, nothing ever happened, we played hide and seek for the whole neighborhood 😂, Sorry for my English

I heard that in the USA you are not even allowed to let your kids go to school on their own and you also have to pick up them. So there are always long long queues in front of the schools in the morning and in the afternoon.

Yep similiar here in germany, after school come home for lunch than homework and then .... come in when street lanterns switch on

A bunch of kids running around and periodically screaming "Moooooom, throw me the ball/drink/a bit of money", and various moms throwing said item out of the window or balcony (Poland, every Neighbourhood in the 90's).

Absolutely! This is what I argue with my southern evangelical in laws about constantly. They’re not pro-life, they’re pro birth.

But the pro lifers are pro guns so is this a pheasant shoot for the halfwits ? The irony is astounding. And the heartbeat rhetoric doesn't hold up either for pro lifers...my son had a beat at 3 weeks !!!!

You are absolutely correct, and they are the first ones to take away aid for mothers of dependant children...

The "pro life" folks don´t care about life. They are pro control of the women´s body. Nothing more.

They are not pro-life, they are pro-birth, after that, you're on your own.

Indeed, why must you be a patriot? I am Dutch but feel more like a europe- or even world- citizin.

At age 9 I travelled with a bus to station Eindhoven, took the train to Utrecht, switched trains to Amersfoort, there I took a bus, then walked 15 minutes of forest, to my grandparents who lived middle of the Veluwe. Scary but awesome. This was way before mobile phones.

If I remember I was 7 and I walked myself and my little brother of 4 to school. The whole 4 km every day, except the weekend. This was next to roads with somewhat more then mediocre traffic. Multiple crossovers, alongside canals, a traincrossing and through town. Nothing ever, ever happened. Of course in the beginning and randomly my mother followed us. It just shows what even a suggestion of independence can do for a child.

It's very similar in Switzerland

Bit different, but when my eldest son insisted on walking the mile to school with his friends at age 7, I spent the 1st few days stalking him to make sure he was using the zebra crossings correctly, but once I was satisfied he was safe without me, I was happy to let him go. It never crossed my mind that he wouldn't be safe from child abusers.

When I was 13 I traveled from Hengelo to Schiphol by train. Then took the plane to Heathrow where I was supposed to be picked up by mij 14 year old friend from scouts who had spend part of his summercamp in my home the previous year. I did not find my friend at Heathrow so I traveled by public transport (train and bus) to Bridge road in Willesden, London to the house of my friend and got there before he did and their German Shepherd almost ate me. I also vividly remember the first meal I had at their house. Fire burned in my throat. They were originaly from Barbados and used to eating very spicy food .... I wasn't. When I got home after three weeks I was fluent in Cockney.

One thing I strongly advice and that is really important here if your child plays unmonitored in parcs and neighbourhood: Please put your children on swimming lessons asap. Actually that is the main danger here. Playing unmonitored and not having any swimming diploma is actually something you should never do.

@@lienbijs1205 It depends on where you live though. The only river that was close to my hometown was 2 towns away and often shallow enough to walk through.

@@Vincrand Every place has neighbourhoods with ponds between houseblocks. Your child might go on a playdate by a friend living in such neighbourhood or neighbours do have a pond in their garden.

@@lienbijs1205 Not every in my area (multiple villages and cities) it was a rarity.

@@Vincrand Still, it's a good advice. I believe every 5 year old here starts to learn swimming. There's so much water here, not just rivers, but also ponds, lakes, canals, ditches and tranches, even an occasional swimming pool.😁 And given the amount of freedom they have to move around, there a big change they fall into water one day.

How terrifying.

@@JoviesHome 2000 was the first year where gun related accidents (not active shooting mind you) was the nr 1 accidently killer of children in the US. Imagine that, not getting run over by cars or drowning or whatever, but guns. About 1 full shoolbus full of children die from ACCIDENTLY shootings pr. 9 days in the US... now thats insane

@@JoviesHome na, just the USA!

We sure do have freedom! We have the freedom to go into debt for simply wanting to be educated We have the freedom to be forced to pay hundreds of dollars a month for a car that we can’t afford because public transportation doesn’t exist… Because freedom We have the freedom to have medical debt, better put some essential oils on Little Johnny’s finger if it gets cut!

@@dariann1661 Ugh… Exactly 😣

So many here in the States value their guns over everything else... Anywhere else ONE school shooting would've brought radical change, here mass shooting events are at least a weekly occurance.

It’s just madness but why do they put up with it. No holidays and we here in U.K. would def be able to change that law with protesting etc . A democratic right. Just as Suffragettes did.

@@phoenix-xu9xj I don’t really know how we put up with it…. Personally I’m really stressed about all the problems here in the US and it just feels too BIG to ever make a change. I think our government is extremely corrupt and most of us don’t know where to even start…

True especially the part that No is also a perfectly fine answer and should be respected gives me a good feeling.

Yes the you want it because you heard about it is a total myth. I had "the talk" about sexual education, periods, puberty, etc when I was 11 and I was like: "people actually DO that?! For FUN?!?! man... There's no end to the weirdness of adults."

@@arturobianco848 Thats only working when both accept a no.

@@dianespix Thats why its good to teach boys and girls that no is perfectly good answer and must be respected. I still remember the crap we heard that no doesn't always means no when i was young. It doesn't stop a real predetor but at least it stops the stupid abuse.

@@Pannenkoekenplantje The way you tell it made me lmao. Perhaps some conservatives should read your version of the warning. ;) If they really wanted to solve something, that is, rather than stay in fairy tale land.

I still cannot wrap my mind around it.. ☹️😭

That's a government not caring

And free and open education. Tell kids at an early age where babies come from. The older they get the more details they will ask. What to do and not to do, how to prevent a pregnancy, and transmittable uncomforts, etc. That love isn't giving in to sex, and that a kid can talk with its parents about anything, and always. And that teachers, doctors and relatives can be there for advice or help.

There Was a small portion of time in the United States and particularly Arizona where minors could do this exact same thing it was about 1986 and I don’t really understand why it changed.

@@goodsmile5170 Probable the farma industry not making enough money in combination with the false Prudence of amercans.Not saying that in a lot occaisions that prudence is false but when it comes to actual sex it is.

Same in the UK. Birth control is always ‘free’ ( for adults too) and the doctor will not inform the parent or guardian although they will encourage the girl to have that conversation. If there are safeguarding issues ( for example, if the doctor has reason to believe the sexual partner is much older or abusive) I think there are certain protocols that have to be followed so that a social worker or in extreme cases the police will be informed-with the girl’s knowledge.

Why don't they provide birth control for free after the age of 18? That doesn't make any sense. At least with the Affordable Care Act in the USA, birth control is covered regardless of your age.

I'm glad it can help you appreciate what is normal!

lol.... yet we still complain about having to pay them all the time. We also complain about our taxes going towards asylum seekers, benefits for people who don't have a job.... "Only a person who loves to pay their taxes is truly enlightened".... (adapted from Byron Katie)

MSc some people think it’s not fair that the money they earned is used to help people who have problems they don’t understand. They like to think that people who lost their job did that to themselves bc they are lazy, and they translate the word fugutives to ‘fortune seekers’. I think it’s bc they want to believe that these kind of misfortunes are not real, and that these things could never ever happen to them. There will always be a few ppl who try to misuse the system, does this mean that ppl who do need help should be punished along with them? Bc that worked so well with the childcare allowances…

@@Peacefrogg Agree with you. Life is easier when we have the privilege of being able to deny any problems that exist. I work with fugitives daily and I see them struggle to build a life in a foreign country after having had to leave everything behind. It's really hard for most of them. The majority of the fugitives who receive benefits want to work for their income. And in the past two years we have all seen that it's easy to lose a job due to external circumstances. Our financial system is very complicated even if we grew up with it. The allowance system is hideous and should be reformed asap. That system is the biggest reason people get into debt and that's not new either. I don't know many people who've never had to pay back allowances.

@@MSchipper i know this. A statusholder i knew had no idea if and if so, how much, he was allowed to work. He was offered a job but was afraid to take it, not knowing what it was going to do to the allowance of his family. He would first have to arrange to speak with someone regarding this and ofc need an interpreter present and all that bc the rules of this country are way to complicated for us who live here, let alone for someone with no knowledge of computers, internet, telephones, driving a car or using public transport, etc who is still learning our language and our alphabet. Most people have no idea how far apart two worlds can be. Still he is grateful for the opportunity and working hard at getting a chance to make himself useful.

I have never understood why US citizens moan about taxation when the only benefit they get from it is the biggest (and most expensive) military in the world. We may pay slightly more in tax but have free education, free healthcare, access to welfare benefits if you become unemployed or physically disabled: imagine being terrified of calling an ambulance when you've just lost your leg or suffered a heart attack 🥴🙄😱

Well i live next to police department, firestation and ambulance station so if he ever feels homesick he can stay here for a week he probably will here one once or twice. Unfortunatly the don't seem to need it more then that 😉.

Interesting! I wouldn't have thought of that but agree the sirens are rattling.

Tbf, here in Europe you can have that effect by just moving into a big city. I grew up (and still live) in a small town near the Alps. If you hear sirens here you know something big is up. One week of staying in Berlin and I didn't even pay attention to the sirens anymore because they could be heard so frequently.

@@arturobianco848 I live near a major police station for 30 years and haven't heard a police siren near hom in all that time. I did hear ambulances though. Portugal BTW.

Well, there are two nursing homes on our street and there is a main road through our small town nearby (in DE), so you often hear ambulance sirens. One of our children lived for 3 years on a street that leads to the hospital, yes sirens were heard several times a day. Police sirens can be heard much less often. I can only consciously remember 5 or 6 police operations in the last 5 years or so, because afterwards there were also small reports in the newspaper. Depending on the area (district) in a big city (there are no nearby hospitals, fire brigade or police stations, many restaurants / clubs, larger train stations, etc.) one can hear the corresponding sirens just as rarely as in the "village".

What a terrible story..... I really hope you find a home to stay

I hope you will find a nice place to stay. If you have this (Stephen Lynch: Craig) on one of your playlists, you definitely don't belong in the US. ( i was just curious)

Housing is hard at the moment. Are you looking for a rental or to buy? If it's renting then maybe look in a different city. Also look at the company's that are called social Huurwoning or woningbouwcorporaties because they also have free market rentals too. Dare to call rental agencies ( politely) ever day! Try to make it the same time of day. You want to try to get a rental before it is advertised! Know what you are looking for, location, size, budget... These tricks have helpen friends of mine find a house fast.

A government that doesn't care resolves in actions like this. And Americans Love their guns more than actual safety. That's the sad part.

Seeing all these comments breaks my heart.. I always felt safe here, even alone on the street or at night. Maybe there where certain moments not so much but I can count those on one hand. I can't imagine feeling unsafe most of the time or having to send my kids to school with bullet proof anything 😶 I also really don't understand why people insist on keeping their gun policy the way it is but maybe that's to politicians to talk about..

It is not only weird, it is cruel!

I agree, what is the point of child sentences if the judge just can decide he is being tried as an adult

@@robox91 judge doesn't have a say whether the child is tried as an adult or not, It is entirely the decision of the prosecutor.

@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns ok

Everything you describe sounds to me like a dystopia.

Fox News and the others are working to establish authoritarianism. Fear is the key.

Internet and the algoritm of most media that seems to react more on disturbing/vile news rather then on connecting/nice happenings ! Is is a war of clicks(bait) and their revenues .

Interesting insight in the changes of American society over the last decades!

I grew up in the U.S. in the 1950s and I remember having tremendous amounts of unstructured freedom. It was just normal! No helicopter parents to solve my day to day problems. Handled most issues myself as did other kids. Glad there are still places on earth where that is still true.

It really is so sad.

american paranoia must come from something, America!

While I agree American kids do not have as much safety, and kidnappings, predators, people with ill intentions are certainly a massive problem. I think it’s a mistake to make such a massive blanket statement about the entirety of American kids ability to do things alone. The states are huge. It’s hard to explain how massive the country is to people outside of it. Each city and region vary so much from one another. We get culture shock traveling within our own country sometimes. Many kids still grow up in towns that are quiet and safe to play outdoors by themselves. Elementary age kids play in neighborhoods and parks by themselves. Middle school aged children go to events and hang out without supervision. High schoolers have incredible independence and take themselves to school in their own cars and then go where they want after school including jobs. Safety is where it varies for kids here.

​@@MA-zg2pz Sorry, but I stand by what I say. In most European countries, kids take themselves to school from age 6. By walking, cycling and public transportation. (Europe doesn't have dedicated school buses like America does). It's also normal at that age. For them to also make their own way from their home to their local play areas and back by themselves. By age 8 my friends and I were walking and cycling up to 3 miles away from home. This is normal in Europe. But in America, it would be considered child neglect. By the time European kids reach middle school ages. They increasingly manage most aspects of their life with extremely little supervision. And are increasingly given way more personal responsibility. From age 11 it's perfectly normal for European kids to regularly venture many miles away from home for the entire day without supervision. Again by cycling and public transportation. At age 12 my friends and I began regularly travelling by bus and train into 2 different cities. Each 30 miles away from home. Spending the whole day unsupervised in either city from 10am - 8pm. Such practice is perfectly normal and common in Europe. But rare in America. Much of this is also due to major differences in infrastructure. Most of America's infrastructure is extremely car orientated with very poor public transportation. Europe's infrastructure is way more pedestrian and kid friendly. Europe's got an abundance of very safe pedestrian and bicycle only infrastructure. Abundant, safe and efficient public transportation. And much safer highways. Consequently, it's so much easier and safer for European kids to quickly cover much larger distances by themselves on foot or bicycle. European kids are also exposed to alcohol at much younger ages. In most European countries It's legal and acceptable for kids to drink alcohol with adult supervision both at home and in public places from as young as age 7. That just doesn't happen in the USA. That difference really shows in American college students. They partake in silly frat party drinking antics. Which to European 18-year-olds look laughingly immature. Because Europeans undertake those silly drinking antics much younger between ages 14-16, if at all. European kids are also given way more personal responsibility in Education. From age 13, European education becomes increasingly less rigid, directed and supervised than American education. European, kids are expected to self direct much of their studying. And undertake much more unsupervised self-learning and discovery. Day to day. It's mostly their own choice and responsibility, what they study, when they study, and for how long they study. They largely don't follow a strict and precise timetable of classes. Such that in some European countries from around age 15 - 16. They're also not required to be permanently on the school campus for the entire school day. They're only required to physically attend campus for their scheduled classes. In my final school year aged 17-18. Fridays were great for me. As I luckily only had classes between 10am -12:30pm. So on Fridays, I usually attended school for just those 2.5 hours. And then spent the rest of the afternoon studying or resting at home. European kids are also required to personally choose (with guidance from their teachers) a specific field of in-depth study at around age 12-14. For example, if a European kid wishes to become a doctor. He or she must largely make that decision by ages 12-14. Because having made that choice. From age 14 - until they graduate university. Their education will primarily focus on the specialist, in-depth and intensive science-based study required to be a doctor. USA students aren't required to make a major decision on what specific subjects they will specialise in and study in-depth until their final years of college.

@@andywilliams7323 I am a Brit (specifically Scottish) and I do get where you're coming from, especially the public transportation stuff. But the thing is that European public transportation only really works as efficiently as it does because of the MUCH smaller distances between, well, everything, than in the US. Here in Scotland unless you're in the Highlands you can barely travel five to ten miles without hitting another town or village whereas in the US the nearest town or village to yours might be fifty to a hundred miles. Everything's just much more compact here in Europe than in the US which is why we can get away with such expansive public transportation systems. I still think the Americans could stand to have much stricter regulations on their cars and driving but I've ranted about that in the comments of a few other videos so I wont boher here.

@@scottguffie7759 "in the US the nearest town or village to yours might be fifty to a hundred miles." Yes, that's true in places like Montana and Wyoming. But, most Americans live in urban areas. Over 80% of the population lives in less than 5% of the land area of the US. In the urban US, the population density is higher than the population density in the Netherlands. I'm an American and I know the urban US could have public transportation equivalent to Europe. We won't spend the money.

@@andywilliams7323 To be honest, the system where kids are tested in primary school on their "intelligence" is horrible. Having to make a decision about your future at 15 or 16 years old is just as bad. It suks, leads to education inequality, because it favours the families that can pay for extra tuition. Watch the documentary "Klassen" and you might understand what I mean.

In my perception (as a Dutch), life for children in Germany is quite similar to Dutch kids, looking a what Jovie mentioned in her video. Am I right, or are there differences? Just curious.....

@@anneliesS04 it’s very similar. Some things depend one (the part of) the town or city you live in. I now live on the outskirts of Köln/Cologne and here kindergarten children of five or six are allowed to go a few hundred meters alone (without big streets) to get to and back home from the playground or to visit friends. But in the more city-like parts it’s a little different, but school children are usually allowed to go or drive to school alone or in groups after a month or two.

Yes, it really sounds similar. Same here. Thank you for the quick response!

@@anneliesS04 my pleasure, my memories of childhood in the Netherlands (well summers in the Netherlands) are more than 25 years old, so I didn’t dare compare it to today. 😉

my daughter is the only grand kid of my in-laws outside the USA, she is the oldest and never had a shooting drill etc. her younger cousins had a few drills and 1 real one.... so figure who is visiting who, kid the grandparents or grandparents the kid?

I agree but I'm afraid most Americans will say that that number is so low BECAUSE they supervise their children the whole time.....

Het hoeft niet eens een ongewenste zwangerschap te zijn. Maar als er bijv iets ernstig mis is met kind of moeder kan een abortus ook nodig zijn. Maar idd fijn dat het kan hier zonder al te veel poespas (moeder van dochters)

I heard parents leave the strollers outside to have the baby get used to colder weather. Is this true? Or is it another reason?

@@ellen3131 yes and no. In some colder parts of the region that is a reason, but this is done all year around and we did it because the baby often slept better in fresh air. There are often parked a whole row off strolers outside cafe/restaurants and if someone goes out to check their baby if it is awake and se some other baby moving, they usually tell people in the restaurant that some baby is awake and all the parents rush outside at once to see if its their child.

@@andywessel Thanks for the info! :D

Nop, in the Netherlands we take the strollers inside, bad wet weather. ...and some other reasons

How is it done regarding tests? Here in Germany, we start having tests in school in 3rd grade.

@@leDespicable Getting tested is something different from having to do homework at a far too young age.

@@maartjewaterman1193 Depends on how the tests are done, but I agree

Well done, Willy.

They are real but useless. If an active shooter enters a school the backpacks are hanging on the wall.

@@rubynelson1164 yes they are useless because you can defend yourself with the heavy textbooks that do a lot more damage than any gun, but still not as much damage as trying to read them, let alone study

@@rubynelson1164 On the other hand, if the kids get into a mall shooting situation, rather than a school shooting one, they might be of some use...

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Thank you so much!

not being sick and become a burden to the health system....and i am sure your 10% Dutchness will not help!

I would never do that. I would take the baby with me inside.

@@Peacefrogg I heard they do this in countries like Sweden and Finland to have the babies get used to the cold weather.

ellen3131 i get that fresh air is important, but i think of all the things that could happen, not just kidnappers, but maybe i won’t hear my baby cry, and what if a dog tips the carriage over or someone bumps into it? The walk to and from the restaurant will give the baby enough fresh air. And if the baby wakes up when i take it out, so be it. I wouldn’t even leave my dog outside, let alone my baby.

@@Peacefrogg Just a different way of living I guess. Any of those things can happen anwhere you take your baby. Take it inside and hot food can fall on it, or a glass. Or someone who's drunk trips and tips the stoller over.

ellen3131 you’re right.

The rise of rabid "nationalism" here in the States is the most concerning, both the rhetoric as well as proposed laws are scary!

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the US has been getting worse and worse. It's a direct correlation.

Most Americans have never been to another country, so they have no idea how it COULD be. They are raised to believe America is the best. Trying to tell them about a different way to arrange healthcare and education and they start ranting about socialism and communism. They really don't want to change. In the meantime, the country is moving backwards in time with how it is run, but they don't see it.

@@ellen3131 Don't get me wrong i love going to America for a couple of weeks. Love the beautiful landscape/nature and the hospitality, love the space you have there. But i am so glad i live in Europe. And because i love to spend my holidays in America it hurts me a little that they do not want to change for the greater good..It really does..Now i know Americans can't really deal with criticism, but sometimes you need to hear it, to change.

Thank you for your support! I appreciate it!

Those happen in Europe and the UK as well. School activities are common as are proms, driving licence is at age 17 in UK. University campus life is just as exciting but without the school shootings, same with suburban life, people still have parties, BBqs, city breaks etc. but with more foreign travel than the average US citizen

​@@richardperks7366 The difference though is the school infrastructure in the US. Schools are usually equipped with a full-fledged auditorium, an athletic track, a football field with grandstands, an indoor gym and some schools even have an indoor Olympic size swimming pool. Plus sporting events on state-level between high schools are just phenomenal. As for school shootings, I haven't experienced that, to be honest. It happens but if you look at the number of schools versus the number of school shootings, the chances that your child could be a victim is quite slim.

@@halapunjete Nice that the U.S. school system offers those facilities (sports fields, theater, etc.). In most European countries these things are embedded in the general municipal facilities: schools simply use these.

@L M UK schools have them as well, but they don't have the spectator facilities as these are school sports. Spectator sports use proper municipal facilities

I'm so glad you were able to make it here, thank you for sharing your thoughts and stories. What a sad and scary situation over there in South Africa.

On the other hand there are subsidies for activities to keep the own contribution low, like sport clubs, music school, hobby and more. This lowers the barrier for joining a club or activity, no matter what the income of the parents is. This also makes sure the kids benefit and not the parents.

Je hebt ook nog het kindgebondenbudget en de kinderopvangtoeslag . Dat is inkomens afgankelijk

Same here in the Netherlands in the 1950’s.

for girls up to 21 anti conception is still covered in the basic health insurance.

the abortion number in the Netherlands is very low, lower than the usa. That has to do of sexual education at home but also on school, no shaming and more or less cheap anti conception

Anti-conception is still covered by the basic insurance untill you are 21, for females. From 21 onwards you have to pay for it.

@@Ingescreativeworld thanks for that correction.

@@eugenieC50 anti-abortion sentiments are up under teens recently, because they actively being targeted by pro-live organisations. Some are even invited into schools to give guest lectures.

So, a word of support from the Netherlands. Have a good day! 🌷🌷🌷🌼🌼🌼🌷🌷🌷

Thank you for your support too!

Isn't it crazy?

I agree with Jovie and you cousin Elisea.

You're very welcome, there's a lot of American expat video's on KZfaq with tons of info how to start your life in the Netherlands. Every kid deserves a safe environment to grow up.

Same for me. We have had several school attacks since, but it hasn't affected the policy. There has just been discussion about preventing them with accessible mental health services etc

@@tuanoini I apologize, I did not specify that I was talking about my school in Italy, however I am happy that your ways do not change because of some idiots with an easy trigger (sorry for my English)

@@andreanecchi5930 Fire safety exercises , to get the kids as quick out of school on an ordered way as possible. Having kids to learn what to do if there is an idiot with a gun is in my opinion totally ridiculous. It's not a war zone. But as long as guns are not banned inside the US, they need to do it.

Thank you, that's nice to hear!

We are so behind here in the U S., how anyone can rationally think we are the "greatest country in the world" is insane!

No thanks! 😂

Nope it is for all your children. This has became an issue in the past where immigrants 'made up' kids who were 'living' in the home country but this has been dealt with since. Average children in a family is about 2 to 3. But there is the occasional bigger family ofcourse and get a significant amount of money every 3 months. But with bigger families ofcourse more costs..

There is no ceiling on the amount of children to receive child benefit and as far as I could find in the information there never has been a ceiling. Parent(s) receive child benefit for every child until the child is 18. The amount depends on the age of the child (0-5, 5-12 and 12-18, more benefit is received when older). In general: if a parent works in the Netherlands and a child is living outside the EU it depends on the country the child is living how much child benefit will be received. This al depends on the living standards in that country and the agreements the Dutch Government has with that country.

As of now there is no ceiling, as you recalled it used to be a little different a couple decades ago. One of the major things was that with every child you had you would get more money per child. So lets say if you had 1 child you would get 200 gulden (the currency back then, also the ammount isnt accurate) and when you have 2 children you would get 200 for the first child but maybe 220 for the second one. This obviously got abused, my mom recalls families in her street with 8 children who would be primarily living of child allowances. Nowadays there is no ceiling, u could get double the payment if your child needs a lot of care like children with brain damage or a handicap.

@@xenzgoul8319 I know ... abuse of a good thing sure seems to appeal to the weak of character. Thanks for the explanation.

@@HansKr Thank you .. I never had children so didn't know how that worked. I am really amazed (being American) that any country would 'reward' people for having children. It seems like a dream to me. Bravo.🌹