{"id":2439,"date":"2026-04-05T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/2439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:28:11","slug":"berlin-brandenburg-schools-trial-baby-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/2439\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin-Brandenburg schools trial “Baby-Watching”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A study led by paediatrician<\/a> Ulrike Gillert is examining the impact of \u201cBaby-Watching\u201d on the development of empathy in\u00a0schoolchildren<\/a>. While teachers and researchers are reporting positive results, long-term implementation of the project remains unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

School in Bernau trials \u201cBaby-Watching\u201d<\/p>\n

Gillert has been visiting schools in\u00a0Berlin<\/a> and parts of Brandenburg<\/a> to lead discussions with students and answer their questions on infant behaviour. The children are told to observe a five-month-old baby’s habits and behavioural patterns, while being encouraged to try to understand the baby’s motives.<\/p>\n

rbb 24<\/a> accompanied Gillert on a trip to a school in Bernau. There, the class showed curiosity and wonder when observing the baby, and enthusiasm through their questions to Gillert. After a few visits, their teacher was already able to notice small changes in her pupils’ behaviour. The children seem to be more considerate and careful with one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The school<\/a> is still undecided whether or not this project will be continued. While the effects have been positive so far, there probably won\u2019t be class time dedicated to “Baby-Watching” long-term. For now, the regular appointments with Gillert will remain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBASE\u201d gains popularity in Germany<\/p>\n

Gillert initiated her study due to concerns that children in her practise struggle with understanding other people’s feelings. She believes that learning how to deal with emotions is not a given, and wishes to give kids in Germany<\/a> the opportunity to do so in the classroom.<\/p>\n

The original project was developed by Karl-Heinz Brisch, a child psychologist from Munich<\/a>. Brisch has been advocating for the positive benefits of \u201cBabywatching against Aggression and Anxiety – for Sensitivity and Empathy\u201d (BASE) for years.<\/p>\n

Further studies show that regularly observing babies helps children to develop sympathy towards others. Whether this project will become the norm in Germany remains unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A study led by paediatrician Ulrike Gillert is examining the impact of \u201cBaby-Watching\u201d on the development of empathy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2659,2661,18,2664,2665,2657,2666,2658,2662,2667,2655,2656,2663,2660],"class_list":{"0":"post-2439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-baby-watching-study-germany","9":"tag-base","10":"tag-berlin","11":"tag-children-agression","12":"tag-children-anxiety","13":"tag-children-development-germany","14":"tag-children-empathy","15":"tag-children-empathy-germany","16":"tag-children-psychology","17":"tag-children-sensitivity","18":"tag-elementry-schools-berlin","19":"tag-elementry-schools-brandenburg","20":"tag-paediatrician","21":"tag-rbb-24"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}