Living a pregnancy in a pandemic is not easy, and neither is giving birth in these turbulent times that we are living. But if we add to these circumstances that you are a single mother and that the birth of your baby is involved in endless obstacles and complications, the result is one of those stories that directly touches the heart.
Article 4.1.a) of Law 40/2003, for the Protection of Large Families, establishes that the general rule to access the category of special large family is to have five or more children; but families "of four children of which at least three come from childbirth, adoption or multiple permanent or pre-adoptive foster care" also have the right to do so.
We do not usually notice it, but children spend half their childhood having to look up to make eye contact with their elders. The reason is obvious: they are smaller and the adults taller, so they end up getting used to that position of superiority of the adult. And logically, although children are not yet capable of expressing it, nobody likes to be spoken to from above.
From the moment a woman finds out that a baby is on the way, everything changes. She waits for his arrival for nine months and when she finally holds her son in her arms, her life turns 180 degrees. Come to live by and for him. Without a doubt, motherhood transforms us and completes us as people.
It is one of the greatest fears of couples when the second pregnancy arrives: What will happen to the oldest? How will you receive the new baby? Will you be jealous? Will he blame it on us?
"A child is the origin of life, the essence of living. A complete person with rights who is born with all the capacities to develop through exploration, play and love." It is one of the key ideas of Ares González, a teacher of early childhood education and an education trainer.
It is clear that the best gift a mother can receive is the love of her family and, if she has also had a baby this year, there is no gift that can beat it.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
