Developing

There are first times in adolescence that our children never forget, such as the first day of high school or first love, among others. And there are some in which, in addition, they also mark the parents: such as the first time the rule comes or their first shave. The mothers try to teach our daughters how to put on a tampon, difficult with 12 years and useful especially in summer, with so many bathrooms.

If you try to tell a little boy a joke or use sarcasm, he probably looks at you without knowing what you are talking about. In the case of babies, it can be even more complicated to impress them: when you imitate a clown they ignore you and laugh at any nonsense nonsense. It's not that children don't have a sense of humor, but it's still not entirely clear what things are funny to them at different ages and from what age they start to understand things like sarcasm and irony.

Current technology is undoubtedly a great advantage for the lives of many families. Social networks and the media help us to be more aware of what is happening in the world, we have more information at our fingertips and it makes it easier for us to feel close to the family and friends we have far away.

Reading to our children aloud is something that has many benefits for their development, in addition to helping us strengthen our bond with them, increase their vocabulary and encourage reading at an early age. But have you ever wondered how many words children know because we read them aloud?

During adolescence, one of the main concerns of parents, teachers and even teenagers, is mental health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) half of mental disorders begins before age 14, so it is important to prevent and detect them.

Children can explode in tantrums when we least expect it, especially when they are young and their ability to verbalize what they feel is still reduced. We all know that tantrums are a normal part of their development, but the truth is that sometimes it can be very difficult to handle them.

Adolescence is an especially relevant stage when it comes to sexual matters. Although at this age the usual thing is that our children already have a general knowledge about sex, it is normal that they want to know more and look for information to satisfy their curiosity. In this sense, there are many teenagers and young people who have succumbed to the existing Netflix series, "Sex Education," a British comedy-drama that addresses the issue of sexual intercourse in adolescence.

As we know, reading as a family is something very positive, because in addition to helping strengthen the bond with our children, reading aloud also has great benefits for their socio-emotional development. With the use of technology, new possibilities have been opened for readers, from audiobooks to electronic readers, which make it easier for us to continue this good habit and adapt it to our lifestyle.

"Do not put that in your mouth", "do not get dirty", "do not touch anything" are some phrases that parents usually say to our children. We want to keep them clean and we see dirt as something negative, but excessive hygiene can even be harmful to children. A little dirt is good for your health and has more benefits than we think.

By the time the baby is born, you are ready to communicate with the world around you. At the beginning he will do it by crying, looking and smiling, but little by little he will be taking important steps that will help him lay the foundations of language, and begin to pronounce his first words.

Adolescence is a stage full of changes, not only for children, but also for parents. During it, we must learn about the transformation that they live both physically and mentally, to be able to accompany them in the best possible way. To give us an idea about what goes through your mind, we have the results of a study conducted in the United States, which investigated the main concerns and situations in which adolescents felt the most pressure.

Between 12 months and two years, children already begin to develop their own tastes when it comes to dressing, indicating those colors, combinations, textures and garments that they prefer, according to their personality. If we allow them to choose their own clothes, we will be showing them that we take their decisions into account and that we support their way of being.

Intelligence is distributed equally among men and women but, according to statistics, there are fewer girls and adolescents identified with high capacities and giftedness than boys, as they tend to camouflage their talent to go unnoticed. We wanted to analyze this phenomenon and its consequences, as well as some keys that we can put into practice to strengthen girls' self-esteem and self-confidence.

One of the most important changes and that without a doubt more fears and questions generates in girls during their transition to adolescence, is menstruation. Therefore, it is important that as mothers and fathers we talk with our daughters about the subject in a natural way, in order to guide them and resolve their concerns.

Almost 70 percent of children between the ages of ten and 15 have their own cell phone, although it is not necessary to go so far to realize that mobile phones and tablets are part of children's lives practically since they were born. They live surrounded by technology, and they see us with their cell phones in their hands at all hours: how can they not be attracted to these types of devices?

We know that, although babies have the ability to see from birth, during their first months of life there is really very little they can see, approximately between 20 and 30 centimeters. However, this does not mean that you should not pay attention to their eyes. Actually, eye contact with your baby is essential from the moment it is born.

In addition to the academic education that children receive in school, it is important to foster in them from a young age the love for the arts, which can become a way of expressing their emotions and also of developing their talents and skills. According to a new study, art education brings great benefits in the academic and social development of children and preteens.

Today, the International Asperger Syndrome Day is celebrated, a date to raise awareness about this Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that affects between 3 and 5 newborns per thousand, and especially to show the reality of the people diagnosed, and in our case of children, who are usually invisible to society.

Children today have a frantic pace of life, and just like adults we need activities to lower the revolutions and disconnect, the little ones too. We tell you what the frog method is, a meditation method created especially for young children by the Dutch therapist Eline Snel, author of the best seller 'Quiet and attentive as a frog', edited by Kairós.

According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, empathy is the ability to identify with someone and share their feelings, and although it is usually an innate ability in people, we need to encourage and encourage it in children from an early age. With it, they will not only have better relationships with their family, friends and partners, but they will also be more friendly and respectful people.