San Miguel: the IV International Congress on Early Childhood and Family was held

San Miguel: the IV International Congress on Early Childhood and Family was held

November 28, 2024 – 16:51

Focused on supporting the first 1000 days of life, specialists from different countries presented.

From very early on, at the Colegio Máximo, which used to be Pope Francis’ home of studies, The Municipality of San Miguel carried out the IV International Congress on Early Childhood and Family. It was an extensive day where experiences, tools and proposals were addressed in order to share the state of the art of the subject in the face of future challenges.

The congress began with the opening conference chaired by the provincial senator Joaquin de la Torrethe local mayor Jaime Mendez and the pediatrician Pablo de la Torre. With exhibitions and talks by renowned national and international specialists, the congress focused on “family support during the first 1000 days of life”, with special attention to the importance of investing in early childhood and motherhood, to equalize conditions and improve the future. of all Argentines.

As explained Pablo de la Torrepromoter of San Miguel’s Early Childhood, Childhood and Family policies: “Investing in the first thousand days, in the first stage of life, helps achieve better results at school, university and at work.” And he added: “If the essential unit of society, which is the family, is destroyed, there is no future as a homeland. That is why we invest from conception until the first two years of life, which is where 90% of the brain develops. What did not grow at that stage does not grow again.”

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During the day, representatives from Colombia, Brazil and Jamaica spoke.

During the day, representatives from Colombia, Brazil and Jamaica spoke.

Marina Charpentiersocial worker and mother of Chano, leader of Tan Biónica, participated in the event and spoke on a panel about addictions: “Addiction is a disease, it is multi-causal and familiar. The law speaks of patients or users, as if they were the same a marijuana user who uses the Internet is crazy, he said. Marijuana is one of the biggest consumption problems in society, in addition to alcohol and gambling. And the first way to fight addiction is in the family. But not of In any case, in my case I was a very over-protective mother, and that must be regulated, sometimes over-attachment is not good for the child, it takes away the possibility of being frustrated, of feeling pain,” she concluded.

“Why invest in early childhood?”, “Consumption during pregnancy and motherhood”, “International public policies”, are some of the panels in which representatives from Colombia, Brazil and Jamaica presented.in addition to specialists and national references such as Catalina Hornos, María Castiglioni Cotter, Maritchu Seitún, María José Mancino, Emilia Carman, Eduardo Moreno Vivot, Ernesto Beruti and Alejandro Pittaro, among others.

On the other hand, the national senator of Córdoba was present, Carmen Alvarez Rivero; the mayor of San Isidro, Ramon Lanus; the provincial senator Florence Arietto; the Buenos Aires deputy Juan Esper; the leader Claudia Ruccand the journalists Víctor Balseiro, Claudia Peiró and Gastón Recondo, inter alia.

Source: Ambito

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