Childhood

How many spots do your children bring from school each day? And how many of those spots have been made playing in the playground, at recess or in the street? That's what it is about, the very short time children have to play abroad. Some children are known to spend less time abroad than the prison population, every day.

Latin America and the Caribbean, where 195 million girls, boys and adolescents live, is one of the most unequal regions in the world and despite advances in recent decades there are still a large number of disadvantaged and excluded children who continue to encounter barriers to access to social and protection services.

This week a heartbreaking case has jumped to the media, that of Joan, a four-year-old boy who was returned to his biological mother after having stayed for three years with a family in Sueca (Valencia) on a pre-adoption basis. A tremendously difficult situation for both families, and in the middle, the child, protagonist of a drama that is unable to understand.

His name is Jess, he is 21 years old and these days he is becoming known for having what is known as autonepophilia, a paraphilia that consists in behaving as if it were a baby, wearing diapers, bottle feeding, sleeping in a crib, making pacifiers and receiving attention like any infant.

In a few days the children will return to the classroom, and although not everyone has the same enthusiasm for the beginning of the course, the return to school is a very special moment for the little ones, especially if they start a new stage. The first day of school leaves us endearing images of our children in front of that new beginning, like these photos taken by Kelly O'Brien to her 5-year-old daughter, Franky Meyer.

Yesterday we echoed terrible numbers. Every five minutes a boy dies as a result of violence, one in four suffers physical abuse and throughout his life one in five girls ever suffers sexual abuse. In addition, it is estimated that in the last ten years more than one million children have died in armed conflicts.

In Babies and more, we always talk about the importance of birth and the first years in people's lives, how the experiences lived during childhood influence in adolescence and later, in adult life. But what happens when luck has not been on your side during the first years of life, when you have not had a favorable childhood?

That is surrounded by controversy is undeniable but the case is that "Ghostbusters" arrive in theaters this Friday, August 12 and it may be a good idea to go see it with the smallest of the house to see if these criticisms and that controversy They are founded or not. It is suitable for all audiences, even for those who are scared of ghosts because here the ghosts are under control ... or almost do you dare to go see it?

These days have been different platforms that have shown their concern for the child audience and it is not for less. Today the children's platform of the audiovisual giant YouTube has been presented in Madrid, it is called YouTube Kids and brings fun times for children and tranquility for their parents.

Unicef ​​has dared to do an experiment that makes us face to face with the reality of a society full of prejudices. A video to raise awareness about the harsh reality faced by millions of children living in poverty in the world every day. And unfortunately they are invisible to the eyes of others.

The importance of language makes politicians, economic entities or even international health organizations consider the convenience of using one or another term on certain occasions. For example, we ask ourselves, what is the difference between accident or injury? We might think that both terms can be used interchangeably, in fact they are often used as synonyms.

If "Looking for Nemo" has been one of those movies that you have seen at home again and again and again and again, as in a kind of infinite loop, "Looking for Dory" looks like it will produce the same effect on children, good and less childish as well. The new trip of this blue surgeon fish is released next Wednesday 22.

Would you like your son to be an elite athlete? Well, the first thing you should know is that although all parents want that for their children, the ideal is that you take that idea out of your head so as not to harm your childhood, your wishes and choices (a child should end up being what he wants to be , and not what your parents want it to be).

Deciding to take the child to nursery school is complicated, although thousands of families are forced to do so when they have a baby and the low maternity leave and family cambalaches leave no room for maneuver. The tendency to look for alternative methods is growing, and mothers in the country are increasingly emerging as alternatives to the conventions of nursery schools, providing more personalized attention for small users.

The school and the institute are the places where children spend more time, and are consequently socializing entities that are modeling each child based on the norms of each center and based on the norms of each peer group, that is, those created by each group of children that is formed because of the time they spend together.

Many parents longingly remember the days when our children took a nap, not only because of that lapse of tranquility in which, perhaps, we could even take a nod. Also because children generally feel very good: today we will discover seven benefits of napping in children.

Bullying or bullying is all physical or psychological abuse to which a child is subjected to classmates. It is a serious problem that has existed for a long time in schools and institutes that can destroy the self-esteem and, in a way, life, of the child who suffers from it. Many teachers are doing great things to avoid and control it, but what a teacher is doing has come to our attention, which after what happened at Columbine in 1999 (two students entered the institute armed and before killing themselves they injured 24 people and killed 13 more), devised a brilliant strategy with which to detect bullying before it happens!

It is not a story, much less fairy. The situation that thousands of Syrian families and children are going through looking for a safe home to live, far from war, removes us every day watching the news. Or is it not every day? UNICEF reminds us that there are many fairy tales, with a sad ending, starring the most defenseless, children.

A little over a month ago we explained the case of Hope, a boy of only 2 years who was found wandering the streets, where he had been months, repudiated by his family because they believed he was a sorcerer. Anja Ringgren, founder of the NGO 'African Children's Aid Education and Development' was the one who found it, and the photo in which she is seen feeding and drinking the child, that of this post, went around the world and helped the NGO would receive great financial support to help him and other children in a similar situation, who enter the orphanage run by Anja.

The Innocence en danger organization has launched an impressive campaign against all forms of child abuse. Under the motto, 'Some touches never leave' aims to raise awareness about the physical and psychological damage caused by violence in children, from slapping to sexual abuse.