German speakers help please - "Erziehungsberechtigte" ????

[debinaustria]

It's part of a form to fill in for school - what is it? I have translated it literally as entitled to education!

Thanks

Deb

Der Begriff Erziehungsberechtigter bezeichnet den bzw. die Inhaber des grundgesetzlich definierten Erziehungsrechts (bzw. -pflicht) über einen Minderjährigen. Erziehungsberechtigt sind in der Regel die Eltern. Das Erziehungsrecht ist gem. § 1631 Abs. 1 BGB Teil der elterlichen Sorge, auch als Sorgerecht bezeichnet.

basically it means rules for the parents as far as i can make out from this definition on wikipidia copied and pasted above.

cupcakemummy and cupcakemummys's dd

It's between telephone number and address, and there's a space to write something.

It means the person who is looking after the child. In English you would find "parent or carer" on the form.

Literally it means "the one entitled to raise the child"

According to my Austrian au-pair it means a person who has parental responsibility

THANKS

form now filled in and in his school bag - I'm so glad I found Mumsnet!!

Deb

Deb -

The "Erziehungsberechtigter" is the person with parental powers or the person responsible for the upbringing of a minor, i.e. generally the child's parent or guardian.

So you could fill in "mother" for instance in the case of a single parent or in your case maybe "both parents".