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"Democracy needs education"

A "must-read" for anyone who has to deal with children - especially in their early years: "Democracy needs education. Why resistance to authoritarian tendencies begins in childhood". A book by paediatrician Herbert Renz-Polster and Ulrich Renz - where the title already says a lot ..

The authors do an absolutely brilliant job of showing how the fulfilment of children's needs and their susceptibility to authoritarian tendencies are linked.

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Night terror

It sounds like a character from a horror story and can actually be quite frightening. Fortunately, however, night terrors are a harmless phenomenon.

Rash

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Lingual frenulum

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