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On the occasion of Book Day, we have recently shared with you in Babies and more diverse articles with recommendations of children's books for children of all ages. Some time ago we told you some of the benefits of reading them aloud, such as encouraging their imagination and creating emotional ties.

The rifirrafe between Queens has put on the table the issue of rivalry between grandmothers. It seems that while Queen Sofia sees the infants Leonor and Sofia little, the maternal grandmother, Paloma Rocasolano, has full access to the Zarzuela and even sleeps when the Kings are traveling. We talk about the preference of one grandmother over the other, something that happens in many families, and we ask ourselves: Do children prefer maternal grandmothers over paternal ones?

Did you know that attention is one of the most important brain functions for child development? About seven out of 10 children under 16 have attention deficits. In addition, attention span is directly related to academic performance. In this article I am going to teach you seven simple ways to improve your child's attention in a 100% natural and fun way that you can put into practice on the fly and that will give you results in a few days. Improve nutrition with natural foods rich in omega 3 Establish an exercise routine Visit outdoor green spaces Let your child spend time with animals Teach him to play chess Favors the use of mind games Share quality time with your children What all parents should know about the importance of Omega 3 in infant feeding Omega 3 is an essential substance for proper brain development.

When they get older, one of the first things they want to start doing alone is to dress for themselves to demonstrate their independence and autonomy. Generally, after three years, they can already undress themselves but still need help getting dressed, and at five or six years they are already able to do it all alone.

Gavin Clampett is a seven-year-old boy diagnosed two years ago with Tourette Syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor (physical) and phonic (vocal) tics. The boy makes grunts, exaggerated sniffing and flickering, which has made him a mockery for his classmates.

There has been much talk about how the first years of children's lives are what define many aspects of their adult life. Several studies have analyzed the importance of the environment in the development of the baby, and how the environment around them may or may not affect them in the future. Now, a study in two parts, with 78 years of separation between each one, found that the environment in which children grow, influences the quality of their romantic relationships in their adult lives.

Having more than one child is a beautiful opportunity to see how a friendship relationship emerges from childhood, which will give you beautiful moments. But also, when things do not go the best way we can find some differences between them, which are triggered in discussions or bad times.

Grandparents are an important figure in the lives of our children. Various studies have shown that spending quality time between grandparents and grandchildren brings benefits for both of them, including that grandparents who care for their grandchildren live longer and that grandchildren who grow up near their grandparents. Now, a new study that analyzed the relationship between the closeness of the grandchildren with their grandparents and the perception they had about older people, finding that by spending time with them, helped them avoid prejudices about them.

If you have ever looked your baby in the eye and it has given you the impression that he is thinking carefully about something in particular or you feel that he stares at you as if he were studying you while you do some activity, you may be right. Although our children are not able to communicate precisely what they think until they start saying their first sentences, a recent study found that babies are able to reason before they reach their first year of age and start talking.

There are many studies that have been conducted on the acquisition of language in children, as well as the ways we have to stimulate them, or the most frequent mistakes we make and that can delay their verbal development. We knew that talking to our children since they were born is very beneficial for them, but a recent study has just discovered that this conversation should be "bi-directional", because the greater the number of interactions, the better the child's language development.

Those of us who have brothers know that it is one of the most complete relationships that can be lived. Next to them we live good and bad experiences, we learn about sharing and we also have some difficult moments when we have a disagreement or fight. But having siblings not only helps us learn life lessons from childhood, but it could also help us in the long term.

Every day we have to remember things we want to do in the future: either buy milk when we return home from work, return a book to the library next week or take a pill every day at 8 in the morning. Psychologists call this type of memory "prospective memory."

Stress is a response of the body to any stimulus that the person perceives as distressing, unpleasant or with difficulty adapting to it. A priori, we might think that children are raised in environments with less stressful factors than adults, but the truth is that in recent years the number of children and adolescents with stress has increased considerably.

Educating our children to be empathic with others is a daily task in which parents have a fundamental role, but in families where there are siblings, they also have an important impact on the development of empathy in children. . When children have kind, caring and understanding older brothers and sisters, they tend to be more empathetic than children whose siblings lack these traits.

A premature baby from the Neonatology Unit of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands (HUC) clings tightly to the tentacles of a hand-knitted crochet pulpit by the NGO Noupops. Some experts believe you are likely to feel safe holding it because it reminds you of the umbilical cord and maternal uterus.

A new study by some scientists from the University of Ruhr de Bochum, in Germany, indicates that laterality can already be determined from the womb. Specifically, from the eighth week of gestation, at which time the fetus begins to move its limbs. Amazing! From this moment, one can intuit about laterality.

Child growth is a complex process involving several factors, mainly genetic. The first phase of growth is the moment of life in which the human being grows the most. Although the growth of each child is different, in the first years of life there is a rapid increase in the height and weight of the child that follows the same growth pattern.

High sensitivity is a personality trait present in two out of ten people, regardless of their sex. It is described as an inherited characteristic that affects the further development of the neuro-sensory system, according to the Spanish Association of People with High Sensitivity (APASE).

From time to time, social networks bring us beautiful and unique moments that are lived between brothers, and that remind us of the strong and loving bond that exists between them. Recently, this reminder has come to us through a video in which a girl and her two-year-old brother with Down Syndrome appear, singing together while she plays the guitar, and it has definitely stolen our hearts.

For your baby, you are an inexhaustible source of hugs. You are always there to calm your needs; to cradle and comfort him when he is sad, sick or just needs to feel your warmth. Your hugs make you feel better instantly and have an analgesic effect backed by science.