Advice

Did you know that in Spain alone one in 100 people has an intellectual or developmental disability?

We all know that adolescence is a stage characterized by significant physical, intellectual, emotional and social changes, which sometimes lead to certain difficulties, both in the adolescent and in the parents and in the family environment.

The hectic pace of life that we lead ends up engulfing children, who are often forced to speed up their natural rhythm to match ours. Added to this is the little time we spend with our children due to commitments and work-life balance problems, as well as the growing demands that many parents place on their children's education in the face of an increasingly competitive society.

Educating children is one of the most complex tasks that as fathers or mothers, or caregivers, we can have. And it is that it is a very complex matter that covers many edges to which we must pay due attention.

Maturity, contrary to what some may believe, has nothing to do with age, but with experiences, what we learn from each of them and our actions.

It is common that we do not share all our tastes with our partner, that we have personalities, styles of doing things and even different life philosophies. Perhaps those differences have gone unnoticed or do not imply any conflict in the relationship, but when the discrepancies are related to raising children, things change.

In recent times, parenting methods have changed, and within all this revolution, respectful parenting stands out.

Today, March 21, is World Down Syndrome Day, a condition (not a disease) that occurs in 10 out of 10,000 births.