Developing

For some years it has been known that being bilingual is beneficial for children, as it helps to improve their social skills and in addition, children who speak two languages ​​develop their communication skills more, compared to monolingual children. But in addition to obtaining these benefits by teaching them a second language in childhood, according to a study, listening to a second language inside the home makes them appear much earlier, since it was found that since the age of six months, children growing up in Bilingual households had better control over their care.

Parents do not need anyone to tell them that a child who has just turned five is very different from a developmental point of view than a child who is about to turn six. But delaying schooling by one year until the child matures and can go with similar children in development, it is very difficult to achieve, although studies like this at Harvard Medical School, show that being born at the end of the year can cause a child Be misdiagnosed as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

There are few things more comforting than the hug of a loved one. Physical contact and closeness with that person is a kind of refuge where we feel comfortable. For our children we are their reference people, their refuge, therefore hugs is one of the most powerful signs of affection we can give them.

During the growth of our children, there are many moments or stages whose arrival we wait with emotion or enthusiasm, not only because it means that our children continue to develop, but because they also represent a big change in their lives and ours. One of these moments is when the time comes for them to leave the diaper and, of course, we want it to pass in the best possible way.

The year has just begun, and there are many kids who will blow candles in this first quarter. In my daughter's class, celebrations of children born in December and January are celebrated together: 11 months apart and same academic year. And it is that the school year in Spain is organized according to the natural year of birth, so that students with different maturation level coexist.

The game is gasoline for the brains of boys and girls. They need to play in order to fully develop as human beings. Tania García, an expert in respectful education and family adviser, says that we tend to worry about the food, hygiene and school education of our children, but "we forget that what they really need at all stages of development, is to play" .

Christmas is here, the children have already written their letters to Santa Claus and the Magi with their wishes for this year. In general, the excesses are not good, and neither are they when it comes to giving gifts to the little ones. Sometimes parents fall into the error of giving their children everything they want, maybe because they couldn't have it as children, but in moderation is the key.

New research, entitled 'Neural response of parents to the visual attention of babies: how mature brains influence immature brains during social interaction', reveals for the first time that when mothers participate in joint games with their baby, their brains show similar bursts of activity.

Free play is extremely important for children's development. With him, not only children have fun, but also develop their learning abilities and is a way to express their emotions and stimulate their imagination. In a school in the United States, they have understood the importance of those moments of free play, so they have decided to increase the number of recesses not to two or three, but to four times a day, and the results in their students have been wonderful .

The headlines echoed the news: "Two hours in front of the screen is bad for children's brains." Beyond the alarmist that such a statement can be, the study is the first in the long term and with such a large population (a number of children). The results, however, are preliminary and have not been officially published yet, so we have no concrete data.

It is important that we help our children to promote their autonomy since they are young, as this will help them to cope with life and face and overcome the challenges that arise. Parents should accompany them on this path, acting as guides and setting an example with our actions.

Having a close bond with their grandparents is very positive for the development of children, and it is also enormously beneficial for grandparents to spend time with their children. As long as it is not a problem for them, taking care of their grandchildren has great advantages for everyone. Science has taken care of demonstrating the benefits of grandparents taking care of their grandchildren through numerous investigations, such as the ones we tell you below.

During their first years of life, our children will begin to learn and acquire various skills that will allow them to fully develop and that will shape their personality. As parents, we have to be their guides in this process, helping them to work on it during their first years and showing them the way to be independent little by little.

We all know how important it is for the development of the baby, to respond to its demands, gestures or babble through our eyes, physical contact or words, because this bidirectional interaction is the fundamental basis for the development of its neural connections. The child's brain forms a thousand new connections per second in its first three years of life, and parents and caregivers exert, with our actions, a great influence on the reinforcement of these connections.

Promoting the autonomy of our children since they are young is key for them to learn to do things for themselves, and become children with self-confidence and independent. Montessori philosophy highlights this feature in the education of children, believes that promoting autonomy in children is essential for them to grow as happy people.

High sensitivity is a personality trait present in two out of ten people, regardless of their sex. As explained by the Spanish Association of People with High Sensitivity (APASE), it is an inherited characteristic that implies a greater development of the neuro-sensory system, which makes people with this quality "feel" (in the broadest sense of the word) more intensely.

During the first years of our children's life it is important to ensure that they receive the necessary care and attention in a healthy environment, as it is in these years when the development of their motor, social, linguistic and cognitive skills will begin and begin to take shape. But this does not mean that we should saturate them with activities, because according to a recent study, if a child has too many structured activities, the development of his executive functioning could be affected.

A couple of weeks ago I shared a study in which they had found that children and adolescents were less violent in countries where corporal punishment is prohibited. Thus checking what we have repeated many times and also support other studies: the scourges do not work and can even harm children.

For some reason you don't know, one day you feel more tense than usual. You are irritable, it seems that everything bothers you, and things start to go crooked. You argue with your partner, you don't understand your boss, and that state of anxiety accompanies you throughout the day. Have you ever felt this way?

"Mom, what happens when we die?" There are many parents who receive this type of question and it is often difficult to know which is the best answer, especially if you do not know to what extent it should be in accordance with your religious beliefs (whether you are a believer or not) or if it is better to 'sweeten' The issue. The latest research in developmental psychology gives us some advice.