Just being a child - that is not so easy anymore in our modern world. How to best prepare children for their future?How can we adults strengthen our children for going through important transitional phases, e.g., when exiting the family fold to enter kindergarten? How can we treat each child fairly, e.g., girls, boys, children from other cultures? What media, forms and educational chances can best help us in this endeavour? How can we support children who have lost a parent or other family member or who are growing up in broken homes? How can we protect children from drugs and sexual abuse? These are some of the questions addressed in this volume and answered based on the latest scientific findings and educational experiences.

Irit Wyrobnik, Dr. phil., Professorin für frühkindliche Bildung und ihre Didaktik am Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften der Hochschule Koblenz. Mitglied in der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Bildung und Erziehung in der Kindheit, in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft und in der Deutschen Korczak-Gesellschaft. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Bildungs- und Erziehungsprozesse in der Kindheit, Professionalisierung der Frühpädagogik, Pädagogische Anthropologie, die Pädagogik Janusz Korczaks.