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The author stated that the Dutch population had grown from just over 1.1 million since early 2016 to approximately 18.1 million. According to the author, around 173,000 people had died and 167,000 babies had been born in 2025, resulting in negative natural growth and the total growth coming entirely from migration. The author referred to Jan Latten, who estimated the group of Dutch origin at about 12.9 million, and wrote that this group was expected to shrink by 1 to 2 million over the coming decades. By 2050, according to the author, the Netherlands would have about 20 million inhabitants. The author argued that the changing population composition put pressure on social and cultural relations, social cohesion, the welfare state, and the housing market. It was written that rapid changes complicated integration and increased parallel societies and clashing norms and values. According to the author, politicians focused too much on symptom treatment and paid too little attention to population growth due to migration and low birth rates among the indigenous population. The author praised Latten for his expertise and warned that politics, media, and society needed to take demographic changes seriously. https://t.co/wVfulQlN6k #demografie #migratie #socialecohesie (translated)

Dr. Jan van de Beek wrote that he knew many young adults who would like to have their own homes. He asked what moral argument there was to give priority to Syrians or Eritreans, who he believed had come to the Netherlands through many safe countries, over Dutch youth. #woonproblematiek #jongvolwassenen #migratie (translated)

A laboratory worker from a Leiden fertility clinic has fathered not eleven but sixteen children with his own sperm between 1979 and 1984 and was a carrier of two genetic diseases, raising concerns among the offspring about possible health risks. #donorkinderen #vruchtbaarheid #gezondheid (translated)

"Imagine, there are orcas too. They devour those bears as if they were small fish. They pounce on them in groups and tear them apart. It's fascinating. It's just like a food chain. We need to explain this to the children too, so they understand the world we live in and why we are conducting this special military operation." When the man confirmed that, Putin said: "Imagine, there are orcas too. They devour those bears as if they were small fish. They pounce on them in groups and tear them apart. It's fascinating. It's just like a food chain. We need to explain this to the children too, so they understand the world we live in and why we are conducting this special military operation." #Poetin #Oekraïne #Europa (translated)

"The ceasefire has slightly improved the situation in Gaza, but the consequences of the war still dictate the daily lives of children: where they sleep, what they eat, whether they can go to school, and whether they feel safe," says UNICEF spokesman Ricardo Pires. #StraatvanHormuz #Iran #MiddenOosten (translated)

Fleur Agema stated that education should not belong to a political party or movement. According to her, children should learn how to think, not what to think. She wrote that this had not been happening for decades and that it suddenly became a problem now that someone with a different way of thinking started a school. #onderwijs #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #denken (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that, in his opinion, child protection could take a child out of the home based on a vague criterion regarding the threat to the child's development. He described that as concerning and stated that child protection refused to allow Members of Parliament to be present at discussions. According to him, the minister saw no problem with that. https://t.co/TsPIQpKl3d #jeugdbescherming #kinderen #maatschappij (translated)

Angela de Jong expresses her concern about the establishment of a controversial school in Almere, where children are confronted with far-right ideology, and advocates for a revision of the education legislation to prevent such stories from recurring. #onderwijs #vrijheidvanonderwijs #polarisatie (translated)

"The ceasefire has slightly improved the situation in Gaza, but the consequences of the war still determine the daily lives of children: where they sleep, what they eat, whether they can go to school, and whether they feel safe," says UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires. #MiddenOosten #Israël #Palestina (translated)

Jayla Opoku, who moved 23 times with her family as an eleven-year-old to avoid being placed in foster care, shares her experiences of fear and poverty as a result of the benefits scandal and advocates on behalf of other children for recognition of the far-reaching consequences of this. #toeslagenaffaire #jeugd #opvang (translated)

Nicolaas Veul reacts angrily and emotionally to the statements made by Douwe Filz, who believes that children should not receive lessons about the lgbti community, and calls it dangerous that terms like 'lgbti propaganda' are being normalized in the debate. #lhbti #gelijkeRechten #zondebokpolitiek (translated)

Strijder124 responded to statements by Douwe Filz about gender identity and sexual diversity in education. According to the author, the people at the table with Renze reacted indignantly to the discussion. Strijder124 believed that elementary school children could learn to calculate and read better than being exposed to gender ideology and sexual diversity starting from group 1. The author disputed Filz's description of transgenderism as something that was glorified and wrote that transgender people, in his view, primarily wanted to be treated equally. Strijder124 also questioned Filz's remarks about children coming out and about transgender people reading at schools. According to the author, Filz had said that sexually suggestive books for young children did not belong in kindergarten or the middle years and that this was up to the parents. Strijder124 sarcastically responded to this and suggested that Filz disapproved of learning about sex. (translated)