Child development in the first three years
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Special attention should be paid to the first thousand days of the child's life. It is also necessary to know the natural hardships of his cognitive growth
by Ezio Aceti
Premise
The first thousand days are fundamental for all growth and must be followed with great care. A farmer prepares to take care of a plant particularly when it is small, because it is more vulnerable to various bad weather conditions and at greater risk of dying. The same goes for the development of the child who, from the first days of life, requires special and attentive care so that, once he has grown up and is independent, he can fend for himself and in turn take care of others. The famous child psychotherapist Françoise Dolto (1908-1988) spent her whole life treating children and often in her books she insisted on considering the first thousand days of life as the most important for their entire existence. In fact, now, thanks to the studies of neonatology, childcare and child sciences, we are able to guarantee a safe basis of care and attention for each child.
«Children help us to be better»
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War: foolishness and wickedness
by Ezio Aceti
«Man is often a beast, sometimes an angel»; with these words the great Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal clearly and concisely summarizes the condition of the human being as a person, in a continuous struggle within himself between good and evil, between evil and goodness.
Caress the conflict
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Saint Joseph and Pope Francis humble prophets
by Ezio Aceti
There is a strong consonance between what the Gospel makes us understand with the life of Saint Joseph and what is happening in the world today. In fact, at the time of Jesus, Joseph had to resolve a series of internal and external conflicts to complete God's mission. Not only did he clash with the mentality of the time by welcoming Mary as his bride, but he had to wander all the way to Egypt to protect his son and above all he maintained his family in the contradictory complexity of the land of Israel. Not to mention his conscience, God's privileged place to communicate, where with profound faith and humility he welcomed the new plan for humanity, caressing the conflict that probably dwelled in his heart.