Developing

We have all experienced guilt at some point in life, but did you know that this feeling is learned? No one is born knowing what it is to feel guilty; It is something that is learned over time and with the social interactions that take place.

In recent years, the meaning and practicality of the Attachment Theory, initially formulated by the developmental psychologist J. Bowlby and later enriched by other authors, has acquired great importance.

'My son is distracted in class': this is the premise with which many parents come to the specialists' office, and it seems that as time progresses, so does the ease with which our children are distracted .

After addressing the first three stages of the Theory of cognitive development of the psychologist Jean Piaget: the sensorimotor stage (0-2 years), the preoperational stage (2-7 years) and that of concrete operations (7-11 years), we reached the fourth and last stage.

You've probably heard of the egocentric stage in early childhood. It is a completely normal evolutionary stage and necessary for the subsequent social and affective development of the child.

"Mom, have you seen what I can do?", "Look what a beautiful drawing I have colored!", "Dad, look at me! I'm going to run at full speed!" ... Our children constantly demand our attention. Parents are their best audience, and it is normal for them to like us to admire them, value what they do and make them feel proud.

Some time ago we told you that pediatricians recommend that fathers spend time with their children because their way of treating them is different from that of mothers. Now we present to you a positive effect of the active presence of parents in the lives of their children.

The quarantine due to the coronavirus has come to completely change our lives. From one day to the next, we had to leave the normality that we knew, to keep ourselves locked up at home to prevent contagion in our family.