As María Montessori used to say, when speaking with people and especially with children, the voice should be low and respectful… If the voice is raised, it should only be to sing. Children’s brains get blocked when they yell at them, so they don’t learn and feel emotional stress that makes them feel bad. You just have to think about how you react when they yell at you … you probably feel anxiety, anger and rage when they speak to you with a higher tone than normal .. A child does not understand why they speak badly, his brain disconnects from the person who he screams, and worst of all, he can also feel scared.

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Until a few decades ago knowing how to read was a privilege since our grandparents and great-grandparents had to start working at an early age to be able to eat. Going to school was not a priority and people who could not read or write abounded. Our parents, the grandparents of our children, it is possible that they can read, some can write, the older ones cannot write but can read … Illiteracy was a general rule due to the circumstances of life in the past. At present, children learn to read, but there is another important deficiency that can cause problems in life … they read well, but they do not understand what they read. This is undoubtedly a problem that should be solved, since reading is fine, but if you don’t understand what you have in front of you, it is of little use to learn to understand the written code.

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A book that everyone should read at some point in their lives. The Little Prince was published no less than in 1943 but despite the passage of time, it does not age at all. The phrases in the book The Little Prince are about friendship, loss, life in general … they are values ​​that all children have to know, but also adults, since they are important in life. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of the book, was an aviator and got lost in the Sahara Desert. He was probably inspired by this experience in order to bring the story to life.

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Tongue twisters are one of the games of the oral tradition that children enjoy the most. Basically, it consists of a word game in which sequences of terms with the same syllabic ending that are difficult to pronounce are combined with the aim of mistaking those who pronounce them. Without a doubt, it is a very fun game to entertain at home that also brings many benefits to children.

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Two out of every three children between the ages of 10 and 15 have a cell phone. A figure that is around 24% in those under 10 years of age and that shoots up to 94.8% among adolescents of 15 years. This is an increasingly common phenomenon in a hyper-connected society in which the mobile phone has become a “necessity” even for the smallest of the house. In fact, children ask for their first cell phone at an increasingly early age and many parents even decide to give it to them as one more toy. However, although the mobile phone can become an excellent ally for children’s entertainment, it is important to bear in mind that this device is not a toy for children.

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At some point in parenting, parents have to put up with their children’s disrespectful behavior. Either for something as minor as ignoring orders or as annoying as a series of curses and insults. Your child will sometimes express himself unproductively. When this happens, first of all you must understand that it is something that happens often and that your child’s behavior is not your fault. Also, you have to know how to correct it as disrespectful behavior can usually be corrected.

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When we talk about Montessori we are referring to a philosophy of education … it is a way of seeing the world and the development of children. Montessori teachers use language that deeply respects children and provides them with consistent expectations within their means. The words they choose are well thought out to motivate children to be better, to think critically, and to be independent. Although above all, what they seek with their words is that children feel intrinsically motivated, that is, that they awaken their innate curiosity.

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Television is part of our culture and in many homes it is always background noise. Although in some homes the time is chosen to watch television, and in others they even establish schedules so that children can enjoy it but without spending screen time either. When night falls, children’s television viewing time should be reduced and their fixation on the screen replaced by a book in their hands. No matter how old they are, it is always a good option for children to lie down reading and not watching television.

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It is important that you know how to differentiate a shy child from an introverted one. When a child is introverted, he enjoys solitude, has few friends by choice, and does not feel sad or bad about it. When a child or a person of any age is shy, they yearn to not be more sociable and they envy the social skills of those people who are more outgoing in their life. Once you know the difference and you have realized that your child is shy, then it is important that you take into account everything that we are going to comment on next. They are common mistakes that many parents make without knowing that they should change the way they proceed.

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Raising children is not easy, and there are times when parents resort to threats when they are so frustrated at their children’s disobedience that they no longer know what else to do. The threats are the result of desperation regarding the education of children, but in reality they are useless and in the long term can cause problems in the education of children. Threats are useful while children are scared but as they grow older and lose it, they will no longer be of any use. And the worst thing is not only the use of threat, but respect between parents and children will be conspicuous by its absence. Parents who use them normally is because they have lost control and do not know how to act otherwise.

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