Regina Schild

And I wanted to do that or we wanted to do that differently with our children. For example, we didn’t put our children in the pioneers. That wasn’t easy. And we already knew that they would be outsiders. It was common for all children to go to the pioneers. We had different groups of friends. Some Christian, some non-Christian. And we had discussions there too. I still remember one friend saying: “Well, you’re now putting your ideas on the backs of your children, because you’re actually ruining their future.” Of course, that was crass for our conscience. We didn’t want that. I then took great pains to ensure that they were treated equally. For example, we made an effort to get into the parents’ active programme. I succeeded with our older daughter. With the twins, who started school a year later, my husband wanted to join the parents’ programme. He didn’t succeed at first. For example, the class teacher stood in front of the door, rang the bell and said: “The headmistress has said that you won’t be putting your twins in the Pioneers either. That’s why we can’t include them in the parents’ programme.” And then I said: “I now expressly insist that you accept us. We won’t accept a reason like that.” And then she left again… That made me really angry too. I don’t know what I would have done then. We didn’t have many chances, but I would have fought first… And then, for whatever reason, the headmistress decided to take us in after all…”

Read more: in Familie, Kinder … waren wichtig.
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