It's not just Germany, I just checked and Portugal is also in on the madness. And they are well aware of how crazy it is, since, while you usually can take the bio metric picture for free in the passport office, they demand that "the parents of the minor must bring a photograph, which will be scanned at the customer service point".

bei kind klappte esmit dem biometrischen bild. xD

kinderwerte werden doch schon hedes jahr beim kinderarzt abgefragt denkenicht dasdiealtersgrupe einen unterachiedsieht