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Pedagogy

Care bottleneck? Back-up!

Uncomplicated, friendly, caring: parents give our back-up facilities top marks.

If childcare center is closed, the childminder is ill or a business trip is imminent, our back-up facilities step in with high-quality, individual childcare. The results of our satisfaction survey once again show how happy children and parents feel with this form of childcare.

Around 650 families took part in the survey in the third quarter of 2025. These are the key findings:

  • 98.7% confirmed that they and their child were welcomed in a friendly manner.
  • 96.8% of parents stated that their child felt comfortable in the backup care.
  • 96.8% found the atmosphere in the facility pleasant.
  • 98.7% were pleased with the smooth registration process.
  • 99.6% think it is important that their employer provides this service.

What the parents say

In addition to clickable options, parents also had the opportunity to provide free feedback. Here are some responses to the question "What particularly impressed you about our offer?":

"Very easy to get to, always friendly staff. My children and I love it."
Dr. med. Fiona Schedel

"Thanks to the backup service, I was able to bridge several days when my schoolchild could not be looked after at school with the pme backup service."

"Excellent individual care, even for a child with disabilities!" 

"Your service is worth its weight in gold and, especially in my job as a flight attendant with very irregular working hours, extremely important."

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Every feedback is received

We are delighted that so many families took part in the survey. This gives us important information about the areas in which parents are satisfied and where there is room for improvement. We use a defined process to ensure that all feedback reaches the respective back-up center.

Individual and age-appropriate: the best care for every child

Our back-up facilities offer the employees of our client companies with a corresponding contract short-term and flexible care for children from under one year to 12 years. They are the ideal childcare solution when bottlenecks arise, for example due to the childminder falling ill or vacation closures, or when employees need spontaneous care during business trips, vacation replacements, appointments or seminars scheduled at short notice. The childcare teams adapt to the composition of the group every day and ensure that the day is an enjoyable experience with age-appropriate activities.

"In our backup facilities, children find security and at the same time receive stimulating input appropriate to their age. Our goal is to provide playful learning experiences for children and relief for parents. Through high quality standards, defined processes, and regular professional exchange, we train and support our educational teams, thus ensuring quality, fun, and flexibility in our backup facilities." Annika Weißhuhn, Back-up Manager

 

 

 

Get to know our back-up facility!

Would you like to get to know the back-up together with your child without obligation? Arrange a trial appointment by e-mail or telephone. You can find the addresses and contact details of our facilities here. 

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Body & Soul

Write down positive thoughts: Never brood again

When winter just won't end, it can really put a damper on your mood. In such phases, we often forget the positive moments that keep us going.

We would rather brood over negative things that have failed, upset or hurt us. However, positive thoughts are not only better for our well-being, they also help us sleep much better. Our health expert Petra Dinkelacker has a really good tip on how to change your mindset in the long term by writing down your positive experiences.

Store good experiences and ensure a lasting sense of well-being

Writing things down can help us to better remember positive experiences. By writing things down, we can determine over time which approach helps us to develop things in a positive direction and which strategies we should develop in the future.

This is how it works:

  • Get yourself a nice book and a nice pen that you use for the sole purpose of jotting down your thoughts.
  • Take five minutes before going to bed. That's often all it takes.
  • Now write down your successes and positive experiences of the day and ask yourself the following questions:
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    • What worked well for me today?
    • How did I manage it or what did I do to ensure that it went well?

Think about three things and answer these two questions for each of them.

Plan to practise this method for at least three weeks and write down your experiences. If it doesn't work on one day, don't put yourself under pressure. Revisit your thoughts later or skip a day. But keep going and leaf back through your book from time to time to see what insights you can derive from it.

I wish you many positive thoughts!

Health impulses with our 5-minute exercises

Our 5-minute exercises give you ideas for more relaxation, balance, activity and feel-good moments in your everyday work and private life. They are not a substitute for professional help from counselors and psychologists.

Please seek professional advice, for example from life coaching (Link opens in a new window) ( Link opens in a new window) , if you are permanently depressed, suffer from persistent excessive stress and have deeper mental problems.