Category: Family
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Surveys Reveal Concern for Children Amid Extreme Climate Events
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Two surveys released this month warn about the effects of extreme weather on children. One of them is a survey commissioned by the Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation to Datafolha: more than 80% of Brazilians fear the effects of climate change on babies and children aged 0 to 6 years. The study Panorama da Primeira…
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Why Parents Need to Talk to Their Teens About AI — And How to Start the Conversation
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Many young people use AI tools like ChatGPT for homework and mental health crises without adult guidance. Experts say parents should lead conversations about ethical use, benefits, and risks of this evolving technology.
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UNICEF: Childhood Obesity Surpasses Malnutrition for the First Time Worldwide
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One in every five children or adolescents worldwide is overweight, representing about 391 million individuals. Nearly half of them—188 million—have obesity. As a result, for the first time in history, severe overweight has surpassed malnutrition as the leading form of child malnutrition. The data comes from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which warns of…
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What to Do So Children Develop Healthy Restlessness
Children between four and seven years old watch more than two hours of television per day. To acquire reading habits, it is essential for parents and children to read together. “I have no special talents,” Albert Einstein used to say, “I am only passionately curious.” If there was something in life that Einstein considered fundamental,…
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Young people say AI helps reduce study stress
Nine in ten young people reported that Artificial Intelligence (AI) helped them reduce stress during more intense study periods, particularly during evaluations, exams, and individual or group project deadlines. The survey was conducted by Emy Education, an AI platform. “We discovered that in the last 6 months, nearly 96% of our respondents used artificial intelligence…
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Proportion of Brazilians living alone grows 52% in 12 years
The proportion of Brazilians living alone jumped 52% in 12 years. In 2024, 18.6% of households were inhabited by just one person – approximately one in every five. In 2012, this share was 12.2%. In 2012, Brazil had 61.2 million households, 7.5 million of which had one resident. In 2024, households totaled 77.3 million, 14.4…
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Happy Independence Day, Brazil.
On Independence Day Everyone is proud and Of our beloved Brazil today and the laughter of the little children Fills the air with Brazilian flags and the music fills the air And on this clear and sunny day In Brazil today and all Will gather together side by side Proud Brazilians and the Spirit of…
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Child Abuse Reports in Brazil Surge 114% After Video
The number of reports of explicit material depicting children and adolescents collected by the online human rights NGO SaferNet surged 114% since influencer and comedian Felipe Bressanim Pereira, widely known as Felca, described how content creators make money by exploiting minors in sexualized scenarios. In the video, which has amassed over 38 million views, Felca…
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See the tips for protecting children and adolescents on social media
The complaints made by influencer Felca Bress, in a video published last week, brought into focus the risks that social networks pose to children and adolescents and how there is no regulation on the use of images of minors in these virtual spaces. The scenes exposed by Felca shocked and provoked reactions from the National…
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How the Brain Changes with Learning New Languages
There are numerous reasons to learn a new language: work, love, or personal interest in the culture or people of a region. Research also shows that learning languages benefits the overall health of the brain. Learning a new language is like exercising the brain. Just as muscles strengthen with physical training, neural pathways remodel when…