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Why does a bad diet impact the child’s growth?

29 de October de 2020admin

According to an UNICEF 2019 research, one in three children is not growing appropriately because of malnutrition.

“In many countries, and even within households, these three forms of malnutrition – undernutrition, hidden hunger and overweight – co-exist. This means that a single country may face the challenge of addressing high rates of stunting, micronutrient deficiencies, and obesity. Or a family may have an overweight mother and a stunted child. These trends reflect what is known as the triple burden of malnutrition, a burden that threatens the survival, growth and development of children, economies and societies.”

“This burden is only expected to grow. Strikingly, not a single country has made progress in decreasing levels of overweight and obesity in the past 20 years.”

Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. Urbanization caused a rapid change in diet and lifestyle, with more ultra-processed foods and less physical activity.

The question remains: “why are so many children eating too little of what they need, while an increasing number of children are eating too much of what they don’t need?”

Reference and full article on the link:
https://features.unicef.org/state-of-the-worlds-children-2019-nutrition/

The importance of parents taking time from themselves without their children

29 de October de 2020admin

Before taking up this role, parents are individual beings with desires, dreams and needs. In addition to fulfilling the role of caregivers, educators, friends of their children, they also need time without their children to be with themselves, especially to live the relationship of husband and wife. If this time is waived, the relationship between the parents weakens, consequently making the relationship at home more fragile, more impatient, more stressful and less loving in everyday exchanges.

Setting aside time for yourself, without kids, will only strengthen the connection between the couple, the children and make the family even stronger. Everyone wins.

How is your relationship with your partner at home? Are you giving time to get along without your kids?

Emotional science: How does our brain work in decision making?

29 de October de 2020admin

According to Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist, consumers are not rational, they are influenced by other external factors that make them make bad decisions.

Our brain operates with 2 systems in parallel, system 1 referring to the twin tonsils, primitive (emotional) brain and system 2 operated by the neocortex, modern (rational) brain. System 1 is fast, intuitive, automatic, error-prone. He is the one who makes everyday decisions. System 2 is slow, conscious, hardworking, makes complex decisions and is more reliable.

In Kahneman’s book “Thinking Fast and Slow” he explains that we use system 2 when we are starting a task that we are not used to doing. Ex: When the child is learning to walk. When you have a “wet floor” warning, you walk more consciously so you won’t slip, etc. And we use system 1 with activities that we have already as automatic. Ex: Talking on the phone while walking on the street, brushing teeth etc.

Decisions are a union of these two systems taken in parallel. It is important that when we make decisions, we understand that we are being influenced by the primitive brain, but also knowing that it is necessary to look at the rational, as it is he who corrects and confirms the judgments of the system 1.

How have you been using the 2 systems to make decisions? Think about it…

How excess of information in the digital age can impact our E.I.

29 de October de 2020admin

According to Erick Schimit, former CEO of Google, “Every two days we generate a volume of data equivalent to what we created from the beginning of civilization until 2003”.

If we were already receiving a huge amount of information daily before the pandemic, imagine now! Work, studies, shopping, entertainment, “lives” after “lives”… It all comes down to the digital world. But this can have a negative impact of us.

According to research, depression has grown 18% in ten years. By this year, 2020, this will be the most disabling disease on the planet, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In times of pandemic, WHO predicts an increase in cases of mental health, due to issues related to stress, anxiety and social distancing.

Therefore, it has become more important than ever to take care of your emotional intelligence by selecting the amount and quality of information you choose to receive. Otherwise, you generate more anxiety and stress. Selecting positive content will definitely have a huge impact on your thoughts and mindset.

Invest your presence and attention in what really matters to you right now. And think about this: How have you been feeling with the information you have chosen to consume? Is it worth thinking about? Is it adding value to you? 🙂

The impact of artificial intelligence on children’s lives

29 de October de 2020admin

Today, children are growing up in a world surrounded by AI algorithms that determine what information they see, which videos they might like to watch and shape even how they are learning to speak. Children of the Alpha generation, who were born in 2010, already have a deep connection with technology.

However, despite the growing interest in AI, the question remains: how will artificial intelligence affect children’s lives?

According to Stanford professor and chief scientist at Google, Fei-Fei Li, “AI should change the human experience, and not necessarily for the better. We have time, but we need to act now. If we make fundamental changes in A.I’s engineering and, in those who do this engineering, technology will be a transforming force for good, says the scientist. If not, we will be leaving much of humanity out of the equation.”

Fei Fei believes that AI is nothing artificial, it is inspired by people, created by people and impacts people. With that in mind, the hope is that, by better understanding how algorithms are created and how they influence society, children can become more critical consumers of this technology.

A way to help is by using digital transformation for them, taking the time to develop human skills, creativity to solve complex problems and emotional intelligence to improve relationships. All this can motivate them to shape their future with AI.

What are emotions?

29 de October de 2020admin

The word “emotion” comes from the Latin emovere, which means “energy in motion” (e = energy and movere = movement). All emotion, even the ones seen as a bad feeling, exists to make us move, that is, move on and change what is out of balance.

Have you ever stopped to think that in our society it is more common to show our happiness rather than our sadness ? When a feeling of sadness comes, we tend to avoid and hide it from ourselves, as if it were wrong to feel that way. We avoid talking about it.

Girls are predisposed to express their emotions more often because they belong to a more “sensitive”, “emotional” gender. Boys grow up without knowing what emotions are, judging what they feel only as bad feelings, as they are educated to always be strong. No wonder we hear the expression “boys don’t cry”. –

The truth is that emotions, whether good or bad, must always be expressed. “When we don’t let our emotions flow, it’s as if we are filling ourselves with cement. We are so filled with sadness, anger, guilt, fear and shame that there is no room for anything else. The heavier we get, the lower our vibrational level becomes – the connection with others, with life and joy. Dealing better with all the emotions within us, the lighter we become, and that reflects in the ability to attract more abundance, health, love and depth into our lives.” –

Excerpt from the book “The identity of the soul” by author Panache Desai. In this book all emotions talk to you. The dialogue is worthwhile.

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What is social distance teaching us about relationships?

29 de October de 2020admin

Social isolation made us stop to rethink our relationships. In this time when all relationships in life have changed, whether it’s work, with children, family, friends, we understand how important the relationship with others is in order for us to construct, deconstruct and reconstruct ourselves. This relationship of teaching and learning, of exchanging experiences. These relationships become the fuel of life. That’s why we have such a need to share. In the film “Into the Wild” the great lesson transmitted is that happiness is only real when shared. Would you agree with that too?

Since the way we relate to others will not be the same anytime soon, this is a good time to take a closer look into the relationship with ourselves. This way, we begin to understand how the universe of others work. Because the relation you have with yourself, usually reflects your relation with the whole. And how is that relationship with yourself? Has it been with self-care, self-love, self-responsibility? Or has it been filled with guilt, fear, victimization and sadness?

As we saw on a previous post, our emotions can become feelings, when we keep thinking about them and let them absorb. So, are we going to start noticing our emotions and what they are causing us? When we understand that emotions matter, then we will be able to live a healthier, and more respectful relationship with, not only ourselves, but others too.