We might feel sometimes so lost and alone that we need someone to talk to. We want to share our condition and thoughts with our beloved ones, but we just don't want to burden them with our problems. So what now?
Finding a professional help we don't know, but whom we can trust, can be difficult. In addition, we don't always have the financial ability to do this. The helplines can help you with specific problems or questions for different problems. You can find an overview of the child and family related options in this article.
General
The Listening Line (formerly: Sensoor) 0900 - 07 67 https://www.deluisterlijn.nl/ Available: 7 days a week, 24 hours a day (also chatting). For anyone who has a problem and wants to talk about it.
Parents/family:
Behavior
Education and behavior
Parent phone number 085 130 46 58 and can be reached by chat via https://www.oudertelefoon.nl/ Available: Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm and Thursday evening 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm. The Parent Phone offers a listening ear a nd is there for all parenting questions and family issues.
Balans
Parents phone number 0900 - 202 00 65 https://balansdigitaal.nl/ Available: on working days from 9.30 am to 1 pm. The Balans association specializes in questions about behavioral problems, learning problems and developmental problems, such as: ADHD, ADD, PDD-NOS and dyslexia.
Stichting KOG
023 - 532 12 23 https://www.stichtingkog.info/ Available: Mon, Fri and Sat from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. Private information point for children, parents and grandparents about youth care. KOG explains the rules, advises, names suitable lawyers, and (where possible) provides practical assistance.
Education
Education and school
Parents & Education (formerly 5010) from landline: 0800 - 50 10 (free) from mobile: 0900 - 50 10 123 (45 cents per call) https://oudersenonderwijs.nl/contact/
Available: on school days from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Here you can ask all your educational questions, for example about toddlers, repeat grades, bullying problems, arguments with school, dyslexia, and so on. This helpline has been taken over by the 'Parents & Education' foundation.
Pestweb
0800 - 282 82 80 https://www.pestweb.nl/
Accessible: see opening times on the website. You can call the Pestweb helpline for information and help with problems with bullying at school.
Pharos
0900 - 899 60 15 https://pharosnl.nl/
Accessible: see opening hours on the website. Pharos, the association of parents of gifted children, answers questions about giftedness.
Health
Burns Information Line
0900 - 044 00 44 https://brandwondenstichting.nl/ Available: during working days from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 16:30. The burns information line has been set up especially for people with burns and their immediate environment.
Medicines Info Line (KNMP)
https://www.apotheek.nl/ Telephone line discontinued in 2010. For questions about medicines: call your pharmacy (or consult the website, which still exists).
Meningitis: Dutch Meningitis Foundation
06 - 36 58 58 26 https://www.meningitis-stichting.nl/ Available: 24 hours a day (in emergencies). The Dutch Meningitis Foundation (NMS) can be reached day and night for parents in urgent cases via the above telephone number.
Chronically ill/vulnerable children (BVIKZ)
0655265506 https://www.bvikz.nl/ Advocate for unjustified reports and support for issues concerning the care of the child.
Addiction
Parents of drug users
0900 - 515 22 44 http://www.lsovd.nl/ Available: on working days from 10 am to 10 pm. Telephone helpline for parents and partners.
Loss and grief
Parents of a Deceased Child (OOK)
Go to the website, choose 'Immediate help' and you will be called back by a fellow sufferer. https://www.oudersoverledenkind.nl/
Accessible: day and night via the website The Parents of a Deceased Child Association (OOK) is a self-help organization of parents of a deceased child who want to offer understanding and compassion to fellow sufferers.
Behind the Rainbow Foundation
0900 - 233 41 41 https://achterderegenboog.nl/
Available: every morning except Wednesday, from 9 to 11 am. Help for grieving children and the people around them.
Support Center for Parents Knowledge Center for Palliative Care for Children
06 – 4566 3586 https://kinderpalliatief.nl/ Available: every working day between 09:00 and 20:00. Parents/carers can come here with complicated issues concerning the quality of life of their child (0 to 23 years old) in the event of a serious illness.
Child abuse and domestic violence
Safe at home (formerly AMK)
0800 – 20 00 [No general website available. All fragmented by municipality] Helpline for reporting child abuse, sexual abuse and domestic violence, and for seeking advice.
Breastfeeding
La Leche Leage (LLL) 0111 - 41 31 89 https://www.borstvoeding.nl/ Available: Monday to Friday from 9.30am - 11am, 1.30pm - 3pm and 8pm - 9.30pm. For questions about breastfeeding, information meetings and publications.
Legal
Legal Affairs
Het Juridisch Loket (formerly: Bureau Rechtshulp) 0900 - 8020 https://www.juridischloket.nl/ Available: on working days from 09:00 to 20:00. Everyone can go to Het Juridisch Loket (formerly Bureau Rechtshulp) for free information and advice on legal matters.
Child/youth
General Youth Services
Advice and Complaints Bureau Youth Care (AKJ)
088 - 555 1000 https://jeugdstem.nl/ Available: Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm. Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On 1 January 2015, youth care was transferred to the municipalities. 'Bureau Jeugdzorg' therefore no longer exists. (The original youth care agencies may or may not be hired by the municipalities.) However, the national advice and complaints office (AKJ) still exists, but now as a project of the VNG (Association of Dutch Municipalities). The AKJ informs, advises and supports everyone with questions or complaints about youth care and youth assistance.
Helpline
Call 0900-0330 and make your choice or appointment.
The child phone
Call everyday from 11am - 9pm, 0800-0432
Sexuality and unwanted pregnancy
Fiom
073 - 612 88 21 https://fiom.nl/
Available: from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 13:30 to 16:30. Are you pregnant or do you have to take care of your child on your own? The Fiom helps you further, even if you are not yet sure whether or not you want to have or keep the child. If you decide to have an abortion, the people at the Fiom office will guide and support you. The Fiom can also tell you what to do if you want to give up the baby.
Aids | STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
0900 - 204 204 0 https://sense.info/nl
Available: 24 hours a day for information; on working days from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm for a personal meeting.
Gay & Lesbian Switchboard
020 - 623 65 65 https://coc.force.com/s/english?language=nl_NL
Available: Monday to Friday from 10 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday from 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Information line for all questions related to homosexuality. From coming out to sports, going out and health.
MIND-Correlation / Rutgers Nisso
0900 - 1450 https://seksualiteit.nl/
Available: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm. MIND-Correlation has taken over answering questions about sexuality from the Rutgers Nisso Group.
VBOK
Association for the Protection of the Unborn Child 0900 - 202 10 88 https://www.vbok.nl/ Available 24 hours a day. The VBOK offers help to women who have run into problems due to an unexpected pregnancy. Also for women who have problems coping with an abortion or miscarriage and parents who are expecting a child with a disability.
NVSH
0900 - 92 12 https://www.nvsh.nl/
Available: on working days from 08:00 to 20:00. The NVSH offers help, information and advice in the field of sexuality and relationships.
Health
Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa (Vereniging WEET)
085-1304 617 https://eetstoornissen.nl/
Available: see website You can call fellow sufferers via this number.
Eating problems (Stichting JIJ)
010 - 737 0794 https://www.stichting-jij.nl/
Available: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday between 10 am and 12 noon You can call experience experts via this number.
Suicide prevention
(113) 0900-0113 https://www.113.nl/ Anonymous telephone line
Psychological distress
MIND-Correlation
0900 - 1450 https://mindkorrelatie.nl/
Available: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. MIND-Correlation answers questions about mental health, including depression (also in children).
Pandora Depression Line
0900 - 612 09 09 https://www.stichtingpandora.nl/
Available: Monday to Thursday from 13:30 to 15:30 and 19:00 to 21:00. Offers the opportunity to talk to fellow sufferers about depression.
Borderline
030 - 276 70 72 https://stichtingborderline.nl/
Available: Mon. and do. from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Wed. from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For peer contact, information and advice.
Fear, Compulsion & Phobia Foundation
0900 - 200 87 11 https://adfstichting.nl/
Available: working days from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm and Monday to Thursday evenings from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Help for people with phobias, hyperventilation, compulsive neuroses and depression.
Addiction
Alcohol Info Line
0900 – 19 95 https://www.alcoholinfo.nl/ Available: on working days from 09:00 to 17:00. Information from the Trimbos Institute.
Drugs Infolijn
0900 - 19 95 https://www.drugsinfo.nl/ Available: on working days from 09:00 to 17:00. Information from the Trimbos Institute.
Gaming Info Line
0900 - 19 95 https://www.gameninfo.nl/ Available: on working days from 09:00 to 17:00. Information from the Trimbos Institute.
Smoking Information Line
0900 – 19 95 https://www.rokeninfo.nl/
Available: on working days from 09:00 to 17:00. Information from the Trimbos Institute. [Previously we called Stivoro here. This organization has been disbanded.
Sexting
Helpwanted
020 - 261 52 75 https://www.helpwanted.nl/
Have nude photos or sexually tinted videos of your child become circulated, and do you want to know how to get rid of those photos, and what else you can do? Check out the HelpWanted website first. There are useful tips and instructions. If you can't figure it out, or if you want additional advice, you can call them.