Children in Search For Their Fathers
A network of European war children, "Born of War — international network" was founded in October 2005. They meet every year in Berlin to assist each other, make up their minds and find out new positions.
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“What is clear is that Christianity directed increased attention to childhood. For the first time in history it seemed important to decide what the moral status of children was. In the midst of this sometimes excessive concern, a new sympathy for children was promoted. Sometimes this meant criticizing adults. . . . So far as parents were put on the defensive in this way, the beginning of the Christian era marks a revolution in the child’s status.”
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)