• My beautiful friend Ruth had just given birth to her son Aldo when she received this great advice of an uncle pediatrician: “Listen to your mother’s advice, listen to your mother-in-law advice and also listen to your pediatrician. And afterwards do whatever you consider best, because you are his mother and no one knows your baby better than you”.

• My dear aunt Imperio received also a wonderful advice from a pediatrician. “He always insisted-  recalls my aunt, on how important and healthy is to be outdoors for small children”. He used to tell me: “go outside with your baby, do not stay at home on cold winter days and let your baby breath pure air”.

• My friend Natalia is mom to a sweet girl named Odena. Natalia recognizes that when Odena was born, she was obsessed with the possibility that something terrible might happen to her newborn baby. She would not sleep at all just to check every 5 minutes that her baby was still breathing. She was worried about the sudden infant death syndrome and her baby choking. Her pediatrician recommended her to put a small pillow under the crib mattress in order to prevent coughing and reflux. Natalia explained me that if she could go back in time she would tell herself not to worry so much.

• My friend Mónica, received the following comment when she was expecting her third sweet daughter Julieta: “the first child is raised by the pediatrician, the second child by the Mother, and the third child… by mother nature”.

• My old friend Marta is a young mother to 6 wonderful children. She wanted to share 2 simple advice for moms of big families:

1. When someone asks me if I love more one of my kids that the other, I always answer: “each day I love more… the one that needs me the most that day”. She tries to always be alert about her children’s needs.
2. Marta’s mother also used to say “ what really matters are those kids and babies”. Marta always remembers this when one of her kids breaks something. She tries not to suffer for the material things and always try to focus on the wellbeing of her children.

•  Susana, mother to Hugo considers that there are really  no advices or tips. “The moment you seem to find something that works for your child (related to feeding, behavior, sleeping) and you feel confident, then your child will change and develop and once again you need to sort things out“.

•  At last, I wanted to share with you that my extraordinary mom used to explain me. She said that when kids are small, “if you sing you can solve any difficult situation (tantrum, sibling’s fights…) “. And it works! I just make up a song related to what we are going through and it brings up laughter and calm.

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I recommend strongly There where he needs you if you are worried about the roles in your family and if you would like to create closer relationships with your sons.

It might seem that only mothers walk around burdened with guilt, but for many men it is also tough to balance demanding careers with parenting young children. Bernstein does not show how to be a perfect dad, but how to correct some mistakes that have persisted throughout generations.

It is a great book if you might feel a little lost trying harder than ever to be a great father.

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but are incapable of giving themselves”.

Dr. Augusto Cury

Brilliant Parents-Fascinating Teachers is one of my favourite books. I have the Spanish version but I think there is also an English edition for Kindle. Written by psychiatrist and scientist Augusto Cury, this book has changed my view on how to produce an excellent education: “The education of our dreams: forming happy and intelligent young people”.

Forming sociable, happy, free and enterprising children and teenagers is a beautiful challenge nowadays, in a world where stress and anxiety are part of our routine.  In this book, a bestseller in Education and Applied Psychology, Dr. Cury demonstrates that we need to cultivate emotions and expand the intelligence of youth. His theory of “multi-focal intelligence” is really awesome.

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