FILES — A picture taken 27 June 2007 shows Toddlers Ruben (L) and Adele (R) crawling around naked as their mothers look on during a weekly session at a child centre in Berlin. One year after the introduction of a new parental leave scheme in Germany, the country registers a slightly rising birthrate for the first time since ten years. Germany’s birthrate is one of the lowest in Europe. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
