Parenting today is associated with intense pressure to meet expectations, whilst at the same time the birth rate is falling. At the family policy discussion on the topic "Good parents, bad parents? – Why perfection prevents children" on 28 January 2026, Eva-Maria Schmidt (OIF) discussed this with Federal Minister Claudia Bauer, Erich Lehner (psychoanalyst and chairman of DMÖ – the umbrella organisation for work with men, boys and fathers) and Nicole Meissner (managing director of the St. Elisabeth Foundation).
