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There is increasing concern about the excess time children spend in front of device screens and many people worry about the negative effects they can have on overall health and well-being. The influence of technological changes in the way we interact and in our interactions in person is also worrying.

Although sometimes it seems to us that it is easier to find a unicorn than to have sex when, in addition, we have children, the truth is that we parents do it (seriously). But ... when and where do parents have sex? A few fathers and mothers tell us their favorite time of day (or the time they can) for sex, and where they usually do it.

How many photos and videos do we have of our son when he was born? How many calls and whatsapp do we answer, moments after our baby arrived in the world? How long does it take to upload your first photo to social networks? How difficult it can be to get off the phone and physically connect with those around us ... even when we have just become parents.

Everyone knows that having children changes your life. And of course, we go through a drastic change in our life, routines and way of thinking. In the case of women, our body also goes through a complete transformation. But also, something I have noticed frequently, is that those of us who have children become a bit contradictory.

Being a mother is very hard: pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, establishing breastfeeding, lack of sleep, a baby that requires constant attention ... But it is also very rewarding: his look that follows you, the first smile, when he heads looking the chest, the first time he says something like "mom" ... Parents, for many diapers that we change at dawn, for many times we bathe the baby, give massages to the mother or take care of the house, we suffer infinitely less .

Many talk about the transformative power of motherhood, but not so much that of fatherhood, which is also so. When a child arrives, whether you are a mother or a father, your life turns completely. Today we celebrate Father's Day and we wanted to give them a voice. We asked 15 parents how paternity has changed their lives, and this is what they have answered.

Paternity comes to change everything in the lives of men. It is an experience like no other, in which they know a side of them that until then had been asleep, and that makes them grow and live all kinds of new sensations and emotions. On the occasion of Father's Day, we share 15 fun illustrations that capture the funny, chaotic and positive of fatherhood.

Few things change both life and having children. And although the parents undoubtedly also go through many changes at the biological and emotional level, it is the mothers who live the experience of having children as a total transformation of mind and body, after which they must adapt to many things.

When we have children, in addition to becoming mothers, we also adopt and acquire a long list of titles and professions, becoming "todólogas": cook, nurse, cheerleader, lawyer, teacher, psychologist, singer, decorator, among many others. And one of them, of course, is to be a photographer.

When we talk about conciliation, although we are moving forward little by little, we know that in many countries we still have a long way to go. But in addition to talking about the needs of families to obtain better schedules to better balance their work and family life, we must also talk about what mothers who work outside the home feel.

Do you remember when you were a child and it was time to give dad a gift? A tie, a pair of socks or a shirt were Mom's most useful gifts to give her on behalf of the whole family. The children, for our part, were trying not to make the craftsmanship we did in school for Father's Day (at least I was a real man).

In recent years and thanks to the rise of social networks and online media, many celebrities or celebrities who are mothers, share a little of their maternal life. Some of them, in addition to sharing small moments of the day with their children, also use these channels to send positive or support messages to other moms.

The Government has just announced the eight-week extension of the paternity leave, which will take effect from April 1, 2019, and the progressive extension in the coming years until it reaches 16 weeks in 2021, when it will be equal to the the mothers. We have compiled some data to know when maternity and paternity leave were born in Spain, how they have evolved in our country in recent years and how they will continue to do so until they reach their equalization.

I was one of those teenagers who did not dare to go outside when their face was full of a kind of volcanoes about to erupt. I was one of those girls who begged her mother not to force her to go to class because she did not want to be teased that day that the makeup could not completely disguise a pimple.

To talk about motherhood and professional life is to talk about many issues and points of view on both aspects. On the one hand, we can talk about the benefits that maternity brings in our work performance, such as helping us to be more organized and improve our productivity. But on the other hand, it is also to address the not-so-pretty side of being a working mother: there is still a lot of discrimination in the labor field towards those who are mothers.

Every March 8 we commemorate the International Day of Working Women, commonly known as Women's Day. It is a day in which the struggle of women is commemorated, to achieve participation and equal opportunities to those of men, within different spheres in society. So on this day, we recognize all working mothers: those who stay at home with their children, those who can work from home and those who work outside to continue their professional career.

In recent decades we have made many advances in terms of spaces and opportunities for women in society and the world of work. From getting positions that were previously considered "only for men", to toys in which girls are taught that they can be what they want, everything seems to indicate that we are on the right track.

On Friday we learned that the Government has approved by decree law the extension of paternity leave to eight weeks in 2019, 12 in 2020 and 16 weeks in 2021, when it will be matched to that of the mother. In addition, it has established that these permits are paid and non-transferable, that is, they cannot be transferred from one parent to another.

The moment I knew I was going to be a father, my heart was filled with good intentions: I was going to be the best father in the world. I would play with my baby at all hours, I would give him long baths and massages, I would cradle him in my arms, I would tell him stories and I would sing songs to him… During the long wait that is the pregnancy, I also thought about all the things that, seen from the barrier I would like to avoid.

Throughout our lives we go through different stages that we could divide broadly in childhood, adolescence and adult life. However, these include even smaller and more defined "sections", in which various changes occur in our development. One of them is adolescence, which ranges from puberty to the beginning of adulthood.