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There are many people who think that mothers who stay at home are fortunate and "do nothing", as if taking care of their children would be comparable to a vacation due to not going out to work outside the home. This is what happened to the influencer and twin mother Maya Vordestrasse, to whom we have already introduced you.

Internet is part of our day to day for years. But not all of us integrate it equally in our families. So we wanted to know to what extent parents monitor what our children do on the Web and protect them from the possible dangers that exist when they navigate. Five types of technology families Relaxed, protective or 'techie', are three of the five types of families detected in the second part of the study 'Minors and the Internet: the pending subject of Spanish parents', carried out by the security platform Qustodio.

One day that little creature that was your little one, the one that listened to you dumbfounded when you told her anything or answered her questions, throws you an “Is that you do not understand me” in the middle of an argument in which, in addition, there seems to be no way out . Communicating with a teenage son can be complicated, but there are ways to do it to get to fruition.

Today, many mothers have the possibility to choose how to live our motherhood. The factors and reasons may be unique for each woman, but regularly when talking about motherhood there are two options: return to the world of work and be a mother who works away from home, or stay at home with your children.

The children inspire. We are inspired by beautiful things, they make us see the world from another prism and fill our days with color. The arrival of a child changes life, and it is difficult to resist shouting to the world the love so great we feel for them. Therefore, today we want to review the most beautiful songs of the Spanish music scene, dedicated to children.

Many brothers, when they meet as adults, joke about their parents' favorite. Is it a simple jocular comment or are some still having a bite about it? In one study, researchers asked several adults if their mothers had a favorite when they were children and almost 85 percent of the participants thought so.

Every time the news of the suicide of a teenager (or a child) appears in the press, each case we know, puts the hair on our parents and fills us with fear and questions. What makes a young man want to take his own life? Would my son be capable of something like that? What can we do from home to prevent it and detect alarm signals?

Couples with infertility problems, women who choose maternity alone, couples of homosexual women who decide to have a child ... There can be multiple cases in which assisted reproduction techniques are required to achieve a pregnancy. Among the many techniques that exist, artificial insemination is the simplest, although it is not indicated in all cases.

After knowing that we are waiting for a baby, one of the first most important decisions we will have to make is to choose the name that will be his whole life. There are many places where we can take inspiration, such as nature, literature or any language we like. However, if you have a preference for a particular letter, our series of baby names from A to Z can give you some ideas.

A few months ago we reported that the Intensive Care Unit of the Neonatology Service of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona had installed a camcorder system that allows parents to always see their children through a website. Now, four Madrid hospitals have installed camcorders in the cribs of their NICUs, so that parents can see their newborns 24 hours a day.

The story of good night, a special meal, their hands, their hair ... There are moments, sensations, teachings and things that our mothers did when we were little that were marked with fire. If we closed our eyes for a moment it seems that we were in that place, thirty or forty years ago.

On Mother's Day we all dedicate beautiful words to the mothers around us, remember with love and thanks to our own mothers and, if we have children, we celebrate this emotional day with them. But I have the feeling that on a day like today, society forgets "mothers at heart."

If there is anything we can say with certainty about motherhood, it is that each woman lives it differently. And it is that motherhood is something so unique and different, that it does not compare with any other life experience. The challenges, the joys, the effort, the benefits and everything she brings, is something that nothing else can give you.

Samantha Vallejo-Nájera, the MasterChef jury proudly boasts in her Instagram account of having her children as protagonists of a fashion campaign. And is not for less! His 11-year-old son Patrick, affectionately called Roscón for being born on Three Kings Day, has become the first child with Down Syndrome to star in a campaign of Zara, the flagship of the almighty Inditex group, along with his brother Diego , eight years old.

Sex when we have children? "Little and when you can" is perhaps the most common response among fathers and mothers. "Between little and nothing," some would say. The overall feeling is that sex after the arrival of children worsens in quantity and quality. But in reality it doesn't have to be that way, because well stated, sex after children can be even better than before, and we mean it.

It is clear that the best gift a mother can receive is the affection of her family and, if she has had a baby this year, there is no gift that can overcome it. Even so, next Sunday Mother's Day is celebrated and it is a good apology to let the newly released mother know how much she loves her and take the opportunity to give her that detail that will make her feel even more special.

Are you the oldest, the middle child, the youngest? The order in which, by chance, we were born influences in some way our personality and our way of relating. The same happens with our children, to whom being the firstborn, the medium or the small determines their role in the family. We will talk about how the order of birth of children influences their personality and what is the best way to educate each of them, so that they do not feel limited by the place that has touched them.

I don't know if all the mothers in the world have the same thing, but I have noticed that besides feeling an immense love for our children, there is another feeling that many moms share: the feeling that we are not doing things well enough. It seems that, for some reason, mothers have a tendency to doubt our ability to do things.

Greta Thunberg, Willy Connelly, Salma Paralluelo or Leonel Virosta, are some very clear examples that our teenagers do more than play with game consoles or chat on social networks. We tell you why these young people excite us and make us believe that a better world is possible.

The parents of the Spanish Federation of Parents of Children with Cancer who have sadly lost their children because of this disease, have long been demanding that the term "orphan" be accepted to refer to their painful situation. They believe that this word would help them keep their children's memories alive in society.