The Age of Omnipotence or Fear
Serbian Chat GPT wrote a book: "I take a thousand euros a week"
Bizarre and terrible, but completely true story about a diploma and a bestseller that a Serb from the diaspora acquired in a matter of hours
On the occasion of the exhibition
A toy is a lesson for children, therapy for adults
The collection of toys in the Ethnographic Museum preserves the world without screens and batteries. A recent exhibition revealed it to children, and brought back to their parents memories of a time without worries and obligations
Kindergartens
New economy: New furniture for kindergartens in Belgrade
Belgrade kindergartens will receive new furniture. Namely, the city of Belgrade is giving more than 800.000 euros for the purchase of new chairs, tables, shelves... Furniture was purchased for nurseries, kindergartens and preschool institutions.
Nasilje nad decom
Sexual abuse of children in Serbia: 90 percent of the perpetrators are close people
Almost a thousand surviving victims of sexual violence in childhood from Serbian-speaking countries shared their experiences in the global survey "Our Voice", which "Vreme" had access to. Their stories reveal the extent of silence, systemic cover-up and life under the burden of the unspoken
Inner voice
Family love
The basic characteristic of a functional family is good communication between its members, and whoever adopted these behaviors in childhood will have a great chance to succeed in presenting and expressing themselves in wider social groups, i.e. to listen and understand others.
Children with developmental disabilities
A speech therapist and special education teacher? Yes, 500 euros per month
Parents of children with speech and language problems have to pay an average of 500 euros per month for a private speech therapist, defectologist and psychologist because the state does not have enough employed specialists. Supplements, vitamins, additional stimulation therapy should be added to the list of expenses, so the expenses exceed 1.000 euros per month.
Union of Social Work Students
"Djukanovic either doesn't understand what he said or wanted to cause anxiety among parents"
The statement of SNS deputy Vladimir Đukanović that "a child is the property of the state until reaching adulthood" contradicts all domestic and international legal acts and conventions on the rights of the child, announced the Union of Social Work Students of the Faculty of Political Sciences
Minister who cares
Đurđević Stamenkovski is worried about the inclusion of children in daily politics
The Minister for Family Care and Demography, Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, assessed that the safety, health and development of the child as an individual or children as a group are threatened by "the use of power and coercion, i.e. the abuse of the trust of adults" and stated that this is the case with the protests "organized by part of the opposition "
Pension
PIO fund: For three children, two years of special service
Future pensioners, mothers of three or more children, with a special request from the PIO fund, can get two years more seniority. Those with one or two children also, but only from 2032
Jubilee
Fifty years of "Childhood"
"Detinjstvo" is a magazine for adults who are interested in children's literature. It is the only one of its kind here, and the oldest. It has been around for half a century even though it is not a commercial magazine
Fraud
RTS: The excursion organizer deceived parents from several schools in the same way
A year ago, Zorana Šijan Oborina and about forty other parents of students of the First Belgrade High School accepted an offer for the children to travel to Paris for the May Day holidays.
TV maniac
Important things
In front of a relatively unknown interlocutor, in front of cameras, during haircuts, children, like actors in a play or defendants in court, told us a story of fear and uncertainty
Children and health
Why puberty occurs earlier, especially in girls
In just under four decades, the onset of puberty has shifted by about a year. Why do children start to "shake" harmonicas earlier and what parents can do
Artificial intelligence
'We're all at risk': Child sexual exploitation on the rise
Sexual exploitation of children with the help of artificial intelligence is on the rise, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has warned.
Assembly of Serbia
Increased parental allowance, for the third and fourth child payment continues for 10 years
The Serbian Parliament adopted the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Financial Support for Families with Children, which foresees an increase in the amount of parental allowance and lump sum for the purchase of equipment for a child, for children born on January 1, 2024 and later. Parental allowance for the third and fourth child is paid in 120 equal monthly installments
Ecology
We lost touch with nature and became machines - we pass that on to our children
Children have a strong connection with nature, for example insects are no stranger to them and they notice thrown garbage, Katarina Majić, the author of children's environmental books, told Vreme. But, later on, we also spoil the children in this regard
Comment
Milica Zavetnica: Ministry for Cruelty to Children
In the same week, the Minister for Family Care, Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, called on citizens to reproduce and sent a message that the state of Serbia does not care about the children of women killed in femicides.
Natality
"Start having children early!"
Starting a family is often postponed because of a career, children are presented as an expense, says German sociologist Katja Rost. But most women later regret not having more children
Juvenile violence
A new case of juvenile violence: In Pančevo, three girls beat up a fourth in front of the school
From Pancevo Technical School "23. May" it was confirmed that juvenile violence took place in front of that school building and that "only some" of the girls in the video are students of that school. There is a very high tolerance for violence among children, because it is mostly fun for them to watch mockery and teasing on social networks others, special pedagogue Ljiljana Marković tells "Vreme".
Health care
Confessions of mothers of seriously ill children: "We live with doctors' mistakes every day"
Seventeen days of waiting for childbirth, complications, falsified reports and disinterested doctors waiting for bribes... The confessions of mothers from Serbia, whose children will bear the consequences for life, contain serious accusations. Three mothers speak for "Vreme"
Bujanovac
Bujanovac: A snake in the children's ward of the Health Center
Last week, snakes were also observed in the "Naim Frašeri" elementary school in Bujanovac.
Education
More physical education for children: the Ministry sleeps, and the school year begins
The idea was excellent and welcomed from all sides - more physical education classes for children in Serbia. But, it seems that there is nothing to do because the school year is approaching, and no one has provided additional teaching staff
Treatment of sick children
Sergej Trifunović: I will draw attention to Vučić so that he doesn't talk nonsense
"Vučić knows very well that my foundation alone served over 200 children. At the same time, Vučić and everyone around him know very well that while he was the Deputy Prime Minister, a good person from SNS, Sandra Božović, proposed that the foundation be a minority property of the state," said Sergej Trifunović.
Parents
For one year, the child allowance increased by only 156 dinars
Inflation, on the basis of which the amount of child allowance increases, in Serbia in the first six months of this year amounted to 2,3 percent, and in June, compared to the same month of the previous year, it was exactly 3,8 percent.
Health care
There is no one to treat the children
Serbia has 12 percent fewer pediatricians than 10 years ago. Many went abroad and into private practice, and one of the reasons is the ban on specialization that was in force for ten years.
Contagious diseases
Smallpox: Will the epidemic flare up in the fall?
94 patients with measles were registered in Belgrade, 46 in Novi Pazar. Measles was also confirmed in Novi Sad, Bor, Valjevo, Vranje, Niš, Loznica, Krupanj. There are already 7000 infected people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
State and children
Vučić prefers the Expo to children with autism
Irena Živković, People's Deputy of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) reminds that the president is announcing a dolphinarium, and that the work on the National Center for Early Child Development is delayed, and that it is clear that the state's priority is the Expo