Familiendialog.NRW

Who better to talk about the challenges families face in everyday life than the families themselves? For the new family report, the Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees and Integration is actively talking to parents in North Rhine-Westphalia. Families from a wide variety of family types have their say. Find out more about the main topics and results.

The family dialogs are accompanied by the economic research company Prognos. All experiences, opinions, challenges and wishes of the participating families are recorded and evaluated by Prognos.

The results will be published in the Familienbericht.NRW, which will appear in the course of 2026.

Family life in North Rhine-Westphalia is more colorful and diverse than ever before. Traditional role models are changing, new family forms are gaining in importance - and at the same time, parents and children are constantly mastering new tasks in times of social change, economic challenges and global crises.

In order to get a clear picture of how families in NRW live today and what moves them, the state government is compiling a comprehensive family report during the current legislative period. It shows the reality of life for families - in the city and in the countryside, with low or high incomes, with or without a history of migration - in a scientifically sound and everyday way.

It is particularly important that the Family Report not only aims to provide information, but also to shape the future. In addition to meaningful data, voices and perspectives from the nationwide family dialogues are also included. These make visible what strengthens families and what they need - and thus form the basis for a family policy that is modern and close to the reality of life.