Infant Education

90% of minors who suffer bullying have psychological problems (anxiety, depression and permanent fear) and 13% of victims have to change schools, according to data from the 'III Study on bullying and cyberbullying 'of Fundación ANAR and Fundación Mutua Madrileña.

Today, January 24, International Education Day is celebrated for the first time, proclaimed on December 3 by the General Assembly of the United Nations, with the aim of recognizing the role that education plays in our society, essential to achieve the peace and contribute to development.

In our country, 28,000 babies are born every year prematurely, which is one in every 13 births. Although the survival rate without major sequelae is increasing, being born prematurely often leads to additional health problems, maturation and learning. Therefore, more and more families are requesting to be able to school their premature children taking into account the corrected age and not the chronological one.

It is one of the greatest fears of couples when the second pregnancy arrives: What will happen to the older child? How will you receive the new baby? Will you be jealous of your brother? Will you throw it in our face? According to Almudena Palacios, teacher, educator in Positive Discipline and expert in the Montessori method, jealousy is something natural that sooner or later end up emerging, so it is important that parents know how to treat the situation in a respectful way and accompany the child in their feeling.

It is very important that parents are aware of the day-to-day life of our children at school. They spend many hours there and it is key that we know how they are doing in school, not only with regard to studies but also to coexistence with classmates, how they relate and what they do during those hours. There are very communicative children who tell us everything, but others are not so much and we go a little blind.

Sexist publicity, our behavior as adults or the phrases we say unconsciously to children, is gradually entering into them, helping to perpetuate gender roles and sexism. Parents should be aware of this situation, and bet on educating our children in equality and respect.

Matt Cox is a father from Ohio (United States), who recorded his ten-year-old daughter from his car walking to school in the rain for eight kilometers. He called it "life lesson," in response to the girl's harassment of a classmate on the school route, and posted it on his Facebook account. The punishment has attracted the attention of many people and of course, the reactions, for and against, were swift.

Why don't we have a bigger problem in saying ear or tooth, but we blush at the idea of ​​teaching our son that what he has down there is a penis and two little bags, testicles? Or that what our daughter has between her legs is called vulva? Neither "toto" nor "colita". It is more important than we think we call the genitals by name and that children learn it like this: penis and vulva.

The debate about who is to blame for the decline of the education system makes no sense, but the education children receive in Spain has only turned around on its own, without advancing. Why not allow the Internet to be fully available in schools, as it is abroad?

Christmas ads are especially emotional, and this also carries an important message against bullying that has reached our hearts. Its protagonist is a hedgehog, a character that can not be more adorable, and the animation is great, a plus that has made the video one of the most shared in recent days.

Reading is one of the most beautiful habits that we can inherit to our children and that also brings various benefits: it helps stimulate the imagination, enrich the language by learning new words and also, when we read them aloud we help their development socio-emotional

In March 2018, the family of a five-year-old from Silla (Valencia) with Autism Spectrum Transformation (TEA) filed an appeal before the Courts, because the administration of his ordinary school transferred him to another education center in the middle of the year Special, 27 km from its location.

I still remember in horror waking up at midnight with the nightmare of having suspended mathematics. Yes, I was a denial for mathematics and although I never got to try them, they caused me real anxiety attacks. And I check with disgust that even today it is still “the feared subject” for many students.

A few days ago we analyzed the negative consequences that the application of "time out" and "the thinking chair" may have, two behavioral modification strategies, often used by some families and schools, to correct a certain child behavior. Among these consequences is the appearance of the 4R's of punishment, as is known in Positive Discipline.

Parents fear fights between siblings, it is something we have a hard time with (they are our children and we would like them to get along ... all the time to be able to be) and that generates many doubts about how to act. But this conflict between siblings is common and in fact has even its positive side.

It is true that some schools with uniforms adapt to social reality and allow girls to decide if they want to wear a skirt or pants. But they are still counted cases, because in most Spanish centers there are different uniforms according to sex and they are forced to adopt them.

"Time out" or "thinking chair" are two strategies of behavioral modification, often used by some families, and even schools, to correct a particular child behavior. Basically, it consists in excluding the child from the activity he is doing and sitting in a chair or in a corner, to reflect on what he has done and modify his behavior.

TED talks take place around the world and attract the attention of many people. They are conferences that address very varied topics, from technology, art, science, economics or education to parenting, and where the little ones also have their space. I have selected the ones that I think are the best Ted talks of children and adolescents.

Reading is one of the most beautiful habits that we can transmit to our children, because it is not only a way to exercise our brain, but it allows us to cultivate our mind and transport ourselves to other magical and wonderful worlds. If you are a lover of reading, you surely want to convey that love for books to your child.

Several investigations suggest that we spend less time outdoors. This is a worrying trend because apparently it also extends to the school environment. I have dedicated most of my career as a university professor and researcher to examine the relationship between people and nature and during the last decades society has increasingly distanced itself from the natural environment, especially due to urban densification and our dullness with technological devices (which are normally found indoors).