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More and more children suffer from it and science believes it knows why

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For years, the hypertension has earned the nickname the “silent killer“. It is a pathology that barely causes symptoms, but can cause serious damage in the heart, brain and blood vessels. Traditionally, it has been associated with older people, whose arteries age and accumulate atheromatous plaques over time. But that is changing: More and more children are living with high blood pressure. Taking blood pressure in the little ones in the house is something that for many may be unthinkable, because it is something that is logically assumed to be perfect because their arteries are also very young. But it’s changing, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. How many. The data are worrying: the percentage of children and adolescents with hypertension has almost doubled in two decades: from 3.2% in 2000 to more than 6.2% in 2020. This means that 114 million children under 19 years of age in the world today live with high blood pressure. This photograph results from an analysis of 96 different studies and 443,000 young people from 21 countries. The reasons. So… Why on earth does a child have a disease that is associated with older people? The person responsible is in obesity which is associated with an almost eight-fold increased risk of developing high blood pressure compared to their peers with a healthy weight. And the figures in this case are devastating. To give us an idea, among children who have a healthy weight, only 2.4% have hypertension. But this counteracts with children who do have obesity, where the figure shoots up to 19%. This is further amplified when childhood obesity is increasing globally and has tripled since 2000 as has recognized UNICEF. And the causes in this case seem to be in the high consumption of processed foods and also in the low physical activity that some young people have. Diagnose in time. Although the study recognizes the limitations that arise in the differences in measuring blood pressure, the message is quite clear: blood pressure must be taken when risk factors such as obesity are present. We must remember that we are talking about a ‘silent killer’, because it seems that everything is correct, but damage to the arteries is occurring. The most important thing, like any other disease, always is early diagnosis to be able to apply measures to control the situation and prevent it from advancing much further. The problem of measurement. One of the most revealing findings of the study is that How we measure blood pressure matters, a lot. Prevalence figures change drastically depending on the diagnostic method. A priori, the diagnosis in a medical consultation requires at least three office visits for hypertension to be confirmed, causing the prevalence to be estimated at 4.3%. However, when the researchers included out-of-office evaluations (like the classic blood pressure monitors that anyone can use), the prevalence of sustained hypertension shot up to 6.7%. It’s a problem. This paradigm shift suggests that there are children who have normal tension when they go to the doctor, but it increases in their daily lives. Something alarming, especially considering that it affects 9.2% of children and adolescents globally and that is why we should not allow this masked hypertension. In the opposite case, blood pressure is elevated in the medical environment due to stress, but is normal at home, something known as ‘white coat hypertension‘. This affects 5.2% of young people, suggesting that a notable proportion could be being misdiagnosed or overtreated. Prehypertension. The study not only looks at children who are already hypertensive, but also at those who are in the waiting room. Data show that an additional 8.2% of children and adolescents have prehypertension, that is, blood pressure levels higher than normal, but do not yet meet the criteria for diagnosis. But this risk is not homogeneous. Prehypertension is especially prevalent during adolescence, reaching 11.8% of adolescentscompared to 7% in younger children. Images | CDC Ben Wicks In Xataka | We have known for a long time that our heart “fixes” itself. Now we know better how

The universities of Oviedo and Granada can no longer handle parents complaining about their children.

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Spanish education delves into a thorny debate. Prickly and striking. Should parents get involved in their children’s university education? If a father accompanies his 19, 20 or 21-year-old son to school to take care of registration procedures, manage an internship or even review an exam, is he doing him a favor or harming him? It may seem like an artificial controversy, but over the last week the debate has been heated by two viral posters posted by two Spanish universities, that of Granada and that of Oviedo. What signs are those? The first one went viral a few days ago. In fact we talked to you about him a week ago. To make it clear how far the students’ parents can go, Pedro Valdivia, vice dean of the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Granada (UGR), prepared a statement which soon became popular: “The Vice Dean of Practices does not serve parents. All enrolled students are of legal age.” The announcement caught the attention (among others) of the economist Daniel Arias-Arandaprofessor at the UGR, who launched a notice to surfers on their social networks who received hundreds of comments. “When it is necessary to put up this sign at the university, something is wrong. Dear student: solve your own problems and don’t boss around mom and dad. Remember, the age of majority in Spain is 18,” the teacher ironized along with a photo in which you can see the poster of the Vice Dean of Practices hanging with thumbtacks from a cork and with the UGR logo printed in one corner. And the other poster? The other, of very similar tone and background, arrives from the University of Oviedo. The news he advanced it The Commercewhich details that at the end of last year the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training decided to hang a poster in which it basically warns parents that they cannot act on behalf of their adult children: “Article 24. – Access by parents to the academic data of their children. In compliance with the Agreement of March 5, 2020, of the Governing Council of the UO, only students will be served.” And in case there was any doubt, yes, the emphasis is from the Asturian university itself. Your warning is interesting because goes further of the one launched by the UGR and delves into details. Specifically, the Oviedo poster quotes the article on which the university is based and which settles any possible debate: “Academic data (related to enrollment, grades or scholarships of each student) constitute personal data whose processing is subject to the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation. The communication of personal data relating to students to their parents constitutes data processing.” In order for them to access the information, a “legitimate interest” must be proven. Why so much controversy? Because as remember Arias-Aranda himself, it is usual for students who arrive at universities to be of legal age or even (in the case of those who manage internships) to be in their twenties. Thus the spark arises. Should parents be in charge of procedures such as registration, internships, tutoring and exam reviews of students who are already adults and are one step away from entering the labor market as graduates? Should a parent have access to their child’s records to know what grades they get or whether or not they go to class? As the Asturian faculty recalls, the debate may be settled at a regulatory level by the regulations on student data protection, but… Is it justified for a parent to want to go further? There are those who consider that the answer is yes. “If parents are the ones who pay for their children’s university (they must) be informed of the productivity of that investment,” think a user on social networks. “When the bosses don’t listen to reasons at work, you go back to the union member; when the university staff does the same, can’t the student come with the parents?” posed another days ago on LinkedIn. What do the experts say? Come take a look at the reactions to Arias-Aranda’s publication on networks to verify that the topic generates controversy, but it is not difficult to find experts who warn of the risks of overprotecting children and relieving them of responsibilities, especially when they are already adults. Beatriz Valderrama, psychologist and expert in coaching and emotional intelligence, I insisted recently in The Country that this type of behavior on the part of parents is “counterproductive” and limits the development and autonomy of the young person, even when it is done “with the best intentions.” José Ángel Morales, professor of Neuroscience at the Complutense University (UCM), speaks along similar lines, recalling that he has encountered students who attend check-ups accompanied by their parents. “In these cases I explain to the mother that what needs to be promoted is the student’s critical reasoning, that he is the one who refutes a correction, not his parents,” points out. Celestino Rodríguez, dean of the Faculty of Education of the University of Oviedo, recognize to The Commerce who has seen parents who don’t think it’s okay to be prevented from staying at their children’s academic meetings. Is it a widespread problem? Valdivia and Morales assure that these are cases “isolated”not the general pattern, although the truth is that they are enough to have led at least two Spanish faculties to hang posters. In reality, the phenomenon goes beyond Granada, Oviedo or the rest of Spain and connects with a reality about which experts they have been around for a while warning: the “helicopter parents”parents committed to permanently protecting their children, ensuring their choices, education… In other words, they ‘fly over’ their decisions and the overprotect. The trend also coincides with the emergence of a new fatherly profilefathers and mothers of Gen millennialstrained at universities, qualified (sometimes with managerial experience) and who feel legitimate to go to faculties to deal with professors. Images | Victoria Heath (Unsplash) and Priscilla Du Preez … Read more

A factory in Ireland made a fortune selling baby formula to China. Until the Chinese stopped having children

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If China’s demographic crisis is not reversed, if the world’s factories shrink and nothing stops the bleeding, its decline will drag and have effects throughout the world: from cost increases in consumer goods (telephones, footwear, electric vehicles) to inflationary pressures due to lower manufacturing efficiency. As an example, a “button”: thousands of kilometers from China, an entire population is already suffering from the lack of babies in Beijing. In Ireland, no one imagined a situation like this. Industrial mirage. For years, the small Irish town of Askeatonin County Limerick, found his redemption in a factory that produced gold dust. It wasn’t a metaphor. Infant milk was produced on Nestlé production lines for the chinese marketa product so profitable that some workers nicknamed it “the white cocaine” of the town. Overnight, that business transformed a town forgotten by modernization into a prosperous enclave, where credit flowed easily and employment was synonymous with stability. But when the Swiss managers arrived two years ago with the closure announcementdisbelief took over everyone. Nobody could conceive that such a modern plant, the result of a million-dollar investment, would simply be closed. Rely on China. Nestlé attributed the decision to a macroeconomic reason: he birth rate crash in China. The number of births had fallen from 18 million in 2016 to just nine million in 2023, and demand for foreign infant formula was sinking. However, The New York Times said that among the 1,100 inhabitants of Askeaton the official version did not convince. There were those who suspected that the multinational was simply responding to a Chinese demand: to move production to Asian territory itself. The argument made sense. For years, Nestlé had closed markets in Europe and the Middle East to concentrate exclusively in China. “We put all our eggs in one basket.” remember the diary Oliver Scanlon, one of the veterans of the place. And although the business experienced its golden age with that turn, everyone understood too late what it meant: China was not only buying the product, it was also learning how to manufacture it. Silent learning. The workers recount how every year Chinese auditors arrived, curious to the extreme, writing down every technical detail of the industrial process. Sometimes they even visited neighboring farms, taking an interest in dairy production methods. “They came to learn,” counted rancher Tim Hanley. “They can produce everything, and their goal is self-sufficiency.” Ultimately, what happened at Askeaton was the consequence of a repeated pattern: the initial enthusiasm for the Chinese market ended with the transfer of knowledge and the relocation of production. In November 2023, just a month after announcing the Irish closure, Nestlé obtained authorization to open a twin plant in Suzhoueast of China. While justifying the closure due to the drop in birth rates, the company proclaimed that the Chinese market “continued to be the largest in the world by absolute number of newborns.” Jobless. The Times remembered that the closure of the plant has left a visible scar. The machines stopped last month and, unless someone purchases the facilities for the 22 million euros at which Nestlé has valued them, the doors will close permanently in March. Layoffs, severance packages and outplacement programs have not compensated for the sense of loss. The factory was the invisible engine that made local businesses run, from Seán Moran’s hardware store to the credit union, which for years granted loans with only a payroll as collateral. “It was a good salary and the town prospered,” admits Patrick Ranahan, head of the entity. “But we knew it could disappear from one day to the next.” From globalization to dependency. He Askeaton’s case It is an example of the vulnerability of local economies in the era of globalization. The sudden success, sustained by Chinese demand, masked the fragility of a model based on a single customer and a single market. What began as a story of international cooperation ended up being technology transfer disguised as prosperity. In the process, China not only bought the product, but also the knowledge, and when it was ready to replicate it, it simply cut the tie. For Askeaton, the “crown jewel” has become a symbol of a bitter lesson: in global commerce, the shine of success can fade as quickly as the foam on the powdered milk that fed them for half a century. Image | Nestle In Xataka | The great paradox of China’s demographic crisis: its origin is due to a policy that worked too well In Xataka | China knows that its population is going to collapse but it already has a long-term plan to solve it. Of course, thanks to AI

Having many children sounds great as a way to preserve the species. Until you start passing genetic mutations

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Men do not have a limit marked by nature in which a ‘stop’ is applied when it comes to having more offspring (such as if women have), although little by little it is becoming more complicated. But even if there is no such limit choosing to become parents at an older ageis not the most recommended due to the great risks it has, as pointed out a published study in Nature magazine recently. Risk age. The idea that the age of the mother It is a crucial factor for the baby’s health is deeply rooted in the collective consciousness and has been seen to Older age is associated with diseases such as Down syndrome. However, science has been accumulating evidence for years that the father’s age also plays a fundamental role. We already knew that about 80% of new genetic mutations (those not inherited from either parent) come from the paternal germline. What we didn’t know was the magnitude of the mechanism that accelerates it. Selfish sperm. The team of researchers from Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdomled by Raheleh Rahbari and Matthew Neville, has put a name and surname to the problem: selfish selection of spermatogonia. In simple terms, this means that certain genetic mutations not only alter a gene, but give a competitive advantage to the stem cells that produce sperm (spermatogonia). These mutated cells replicate faster and more efficiently than their healthy counterparts, so they will predominate ahead of the gametes that are suitable. As a result, as the years go by, the percentage of sperm carrying these “selfish” mutations increases exponentially, not linearly, and this results in a man in his early thirties having 1 sperm in every 50 with a disease-causing mutation. But when you reach the age of 70, this figure shoots up to 1 sperm in every 20. How it has been seen. To reach this conclusion, scientists needed highly precise technology, since right now standard sequencing methods have an error rate that can make it difficult to see a specific mutation. This is where a technique called duplex sequencing (NanoSeq). Its operation is very simple, since instead of reading a single strand of DNA, this method reads both strands of the double helix. If a mutation is detected on both strands in exactly the same place, it is virtually impossible for it to be a machine error. It is a real mutation. Thanks to this precision, they were able to analyze more than 35,000 mutations in the sperm of 81 men between 24 and 75 years old. In this case, the results identified more than 40 key genes where these selfish mutations tend to occur. Most are associated with serious neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism itself or even increasing the probability of suffering from cancer throughout the offspring’s life. Genetic sanctuary. Interestingly, the study revealed a surprising fact when comparing the mutations in the sperm with those in the blood cells of the same men. In the blood, the impact of lifestyle was evident: men who smoked, drank alcohol excessively or were obese had a much higher mutation burden. However, no correlation with these factors was found in sperm. The mutations accumulated at a rate eight times slower and seemed immune to the individual’s habits. This suggests that the testicles function as a biological “sanctuary,” a protected niche that the body strives to keep safe from harmful environmental factors. Family planning. Logically, when making the decision to reproduce this changes many things, since to avoid this accumulation of mutations it would be interesting to do it the younger the better. Both in the case of men and women. But the reality we have in our society is that family conciliation has not yet been achieved, and this means that becoming mothers and fathers has to be delayed. In this way, the study points to the possibility of including sperm freezing at an earlier age if considering having children or considering genetic screening techniques for elderly parents. Although all this has a cost behind it. In Xataka | Someone thinks they know why fertility is plummeting around the world: men and women are doing “better” separately

His children and grandchildren turned his inheritance into a nightmare

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Although Disney is today a gigantic company whose ramifications touch all or almost all areas of popular culture, its origins were darker. Both because of its tinyness and because of some of the stories that populate it. The company was founded by brothers Walt and Roy Disney in 1923 and has since been responsible for some of the most iconic and beloved films of all time. However, the history of his Disney heirs It has little of a fairy tale, and a lot of Tarantino film: drugs, betrayals and trusts. The Burbank magician died on December 15, 1966, leaving two daughters and ten grandchildren who would share an enormous legacy of one of the most influential people in the entertainment industry. Less known is the figure of his brother Roy Oliver Disney, co-founder of the company, who also left descendants when he died five years later. Although the descendants were not many, in the history of their legacy one can find touches of Cinderella with her stepsisters, fighting princesses like Pocahontas and some ugly duckling that in the end gave a lot to talk about. Nowadays it is difficult to know precisely the percentage of the company that each heir owns of the company or How much is the fortune of each family member?. The last estimate was made by one of Walt Disney’s grandsons, who calculated that the heirs barely kept 3% of the company’s shares compared to the 20% that his father controlled. To put it a little in context, Steve Jobs left a legacy when he died of 7.54% of Disney shares to his widow. However, although it may seem that 3% of the company is not much, given the size that the company has adopted In recent years, that percentage would imply that Disney’s direct heirs would share a pie of 4.65 billion dollars. Grandpa Walt’s inheritance Walt Disney’s share passed to his two daughters: Diane Marie Disney and Sharon Mae Disney. The first had no less than seven children and lived a quiet life surrounded by vineyards, writing screenplays and honoring his father’s work with philanthropy under the Disney name. Sharon was adopted and was not as restrained with her father’s fortune as her sister. He was married twice. In his first marriage he adopted his daughter Victoria Diane Brownand in her second marriage to Bill Lund she had twins: brad and Michelle Lund Disney. Things in life (and business), Bill Lund was the promoter of the land where it currently stands Disney World in Orlando. Walt Disney’s youngest daughter, Sharon, died in 1993 of breast cancer at the age of 56, leaving her three children a fortune of $400 million as a result of Grandpa Walt’s legacy. The most conflictive since she was a child was Victoria Diane, with a reputation for being manipulative and destructive who, according to publish Hollywood Reporterwas capable of spending $5,000 on a night of debauchery and heroin in Las Vegas in the 1980s. Victoria died in September 2002 at the age of 36. The twins brad and Michelle They were born with some learning problems, so their mother arranged for the deposit of their millionaire inheritance under the supervision of three trustees. These three managers would be in charge of giving them 20 million dollars every five years from the age of 35 until the 400 million that corresponded to them as inheritance were exhausted. If you only knew, Walt. (Commons) In addition, his mother had established a clause ensuring that her children made reasonable use of the money they received. It specified that they would only receive the money if they demonstrated “maturity and financial ability to manage and use the money in a prudent and responsible manner.” As if it were the very story of Cinderella, the managers of the fortune convinced Michelle to declared his twin brother incapable of managing his finances before turning 35, claiming that he suffered from Down Syndrome. That way, he would not receive payment from his mother’s trust fund. Unfortunately for Michelle, luck turned its back on her. She suffered a brain aneurysm and almost died before turning 40. Seriously ill, her father’s second wife offered to take her into her home with the intention of taking control of the succulent inheritance, and they tried to incapacitate her and put Michelle under his guardianship. However, the wealthy heiress recovered from the aneurysm and had to take her stepmother to court to regain control of her finances. Brad, who remained with his father, He didn’t have it easy at all to maintain Grandpa Walt’s legacy. First he got into fights with his sister Michelle and his aunt, who wanted to get their piece of the pie. Ultimately, Brad lost the legal battle and his percentage of the inheritance. The lineage of Roy Oliver Disney The other half of the Disneys are not exempt from controversy either. The line of heirs got off to a good start with the help of his son Roy Edward Disney. The young heir He became involved in the management of Disney until his death in 2009, leaving a legacy of $1.6 billion, approximately 1% of Disney shares. Walt Disney’s nephew left four heirs: Abigail, Tim, Roy Patrick and Susan Disney. Roy Edward Disney’s respectful and continuous nature with the company that his father and uncle Walt had founded was counteracted by the dissident and activist character of his daughter Abigail Disney. Roy Oliver Disney’s granddaughter dedicated a good part of her life to attacking the policies of the company founded by his grandfatheraccusing them of being capitalist exploiters. He even produced a documentary called The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales in which he denounces the labor exploitation situation suffered by some company employees. Abigail Disney was one of the millionaires who signed what was known as manifesto of the Davos millionairesin which a group of 200 millionaires from around the world asked the leaders of the world’s main economies tax large fortunes with higher … Read more

95% of his fortune was not going to be for his children

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Bill Gates, has been removed from the first line of Microsoft commanddedicating all his time to distribute his fortune in the form of donations to health projectseducation and fight against climate change. From his current job, the Microsoft founder is doing everything possible to make his main objective a reality: donate 95% of his fortune and that his children only inherit A small percentage her. OBJECTIVE: Give your fortune. Long before becoming a father and when his heritage was already beginning to grow at a dizzying pace, Gates made it clear that his wealth was not going to go to his children. In An interview granted to Playboy magazine in 1994, Gates explained that in his plans there was already a long -term philanthropic goal, and was aware that donating a good part of his fortune It was not going to be a simple task. When asked about the amount of his fortune, Gates replied: “It is a ridiculous figure. But remember, 95% will give it to it. Don’t tell people to write to me. Gates’s conviction surprised from the beginning for the firmness with which he resigned to build a multimillionaire dynasty. He considered that money was not the key to a happy life or the ultimate goal of his career. Therefore, he decided early that His heirsalthough they would have a well -off life, they would not inherit virtually anything of their fortune. Money confuses you. Gates has repeated the same mantra on donar Most of his fortune in many other interviews and media over the years. For the founder of Microsoft, leave a millionaire sum to the children, instead of helping them, could “not do any favor” and “confuse them”, causing them to lose the perspective of what it implies working and striving to carve their own fortune. According to Gates in that interview, having an estimated fortune of 106,100 million “takes you from normal experiences in a way that probably weakens you. So I control that kind of things intentionally. It is one of those things of discipline. If my discipline failed, I would also confuse me. So I try to avoid it.” A well -off position. Although the first gastago of the Gates would still take a couple of years of years to be born when his father granted that interview, the millionaire was already clear that none of his children was going to lack anything. “I don’t believe in loading my children with that. They will have enough. They will be comfortable,” said the millionaire, stressing that even 1% of his fortune is already a notable amount of money. On the other hand, as part of their legacy, the children of Gates have studied in the best schools and universities in the country and have built their own professional careers under the watchful eye of their father, although without intervening significantly with their fortune. An example is found in his youngest daughter Phoebe, which recently PHIA launcheda purchasing platform with a colleague from the university. In her first foray into the business world, the youngest of the Gates had the Business Councils of his fatherbut as his mother confirmed to Fortunedid not have the financial support of the family. A difficult fortune to spend. According The published by ForbesMark Suzman, general director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said in 2022 that the foundation he directs had a fiduciary capital of more than 68,000 million dollars. However, all that money does not come only from Bill Gates’ funds. Your friend Warren Buffett has been contributing to thousands of millions every year. According to published data by the BBCsince its creation, the Foundation has already donated more than $ 100,000 million in programs to fight tuberculosis, malaria or diarrheal fevers, as well as in educational programs or in research and development projects of New technologies and energies To fight against climate change. Despite the enormous amount of money donated, Bill Gates still treasures 106.1 billion dollars, so he will have to step on the accelerator of donations much more if he wants to comply with one of the statements that he collected the BBC: “They will say many things about me when I die, but I am determined that ‘Rico died’ is not one of them.” In Xataka | “They don’t need 500 million dollars to live”: Mick Jagger refuses to leave a millionaire heritage to her eight children Image | Wikimedia Commons (Jennifer Jacquemart)

While all Spain is pending that their children learn English, in the Canary Islands they have another obsession: the German

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The Canarian ties with Germany are strong. And they come from afar. They date back (at least) at the end of the 19th century And they have been reinforcing thanks to the Expats and the Huge weight which has the German market in the Canarian tourism sector, capital piece in the economy of the region. This link explains that in its classrooms it is studied more German than anywhere else in Spain and Parents committed in which their children learn at the same time the languages ​​of Cervantes and Goethe. It is the ‘Germanization’ of Canarian education. What happened? That Canary Islands show signs that little by little in a key area is being germanized: early childhood education. At least if we compare it with the rest of Spain. German influence on the archipelago (and more in zones With a strong foreign presence) it is nothing new, but there are indicators that help to better understand what extent they are pending in their classrooms and homes. The last one left it a few months ago The confidential in A report which shows how parents are betting on their children speak of Goethe’s tongue (almost) from the cradle or even cases of children who chapurre them before the Spanish. Are there figures to try it? Yes. Those of the Ministry of Education, which reflect how the teaching of German stands out in the archipelago against other regions of Spain. Although Canary Islands is one of the communities Less populated of the country is the one that has the most students studying German in the classrooms. At least in the 2020-2021 course They added 31,300considerably above the Community of Madrid (28,300), Catalonia (24,600), Andalusia (18,100) or Balearic Islands (13,800), two regions in which there is also a strong presence of tourists and Expats. And who studies it? That is the most interesting. The language is not only learned by young people who study ESO or university students. In the archipelago he has also penetrated among the youngest children. The 2020-2021 course there was almost 500 students Studying German in the Early Childhood Education stage, data that exceed only Catalonia and Andalusia, with much greater population. If we talk about Primary the figure, the largest registration in the country is triggered. In general the learning of German It is less extended than that of English or French, but still reaches a notable weight in the Canary classrooms. The region stands out For how extended the study of the second languages ​​is. What is the reason? There are several factors that explain that clear Germanization, but two stand out above the rest: the first are the Historical ties Between the Canary Islands and Germany, which date back to 19th century And they explain that there is a German school in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and another in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. According to the Canarian Institute of Statistics (Istac), the Germans are one of the main foreign population groups in the region, although they are significantly below nationalities such as the Colombian, Venezuelan or English. The second factor is tourism. The sector has A crucial weight In the GDP of the region, where it generates thousands of millions of euros every year. And much of that flow of money comes out of German pockets, such as I recognized Recently the Canary Islands government itself, taking stock of the 2024 campaign. statistics From Exeltur they show that in 2024 the German was The second market International most relevant to the tourism sector of the region. Only the British is overcome. What supposes that in practice? That speaking German becomes a key tool, both in the Canary Islands (work or not in tourism) and when looking for a job in the rest of the country or the EU. “Everything that is science and engineering is very enhanced in German, but nothing happens if the girl later chooses to be a hairdresser and not continue studying. I try to give her best for her future,” Explain to The confidential A Canarian mother who pays 600 euros per month (activities included) so that her daughter is formed at the German school. “I know people who have studied in this school and thanks to that they work or live outside.” Is it important? There are those who believe it. “Learning this language here is a priority for two reasons. First because it gives you the possibility of leaving the islands to, for example, exercising as an engineer or sanitary in other places. It is also essential to work in the southern area of ​​the island (Gran Canaria), where tourism is concentrated and people are always needed to deal with Germans,” Marta García reflectshistorian of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. “Here is key to accessing certain positions and ascending.” That influence explains that there are also adults who throw themselves to study the language to prosper, that the Canarian government has reinforced your bet For the linguistic immersion scholarships to study in Germany (and Ireland) or that there are even cases of children who begin to Chapurrean German before Spanish. Although it is not a generalized trend, a few months ago The confidential He reviewed A specific case, that of a four -year -old girl who entered the German school in Santa Cruz de Tenerife without speaking at all Spanish and surprised her parents by expressing themselves first in German. “I had a delay in language and I worried when I saw her speaking first German. I thought I was wrong and went to see the pediatrician, but luckily she started speaking Spanish last year.” Images | Norbert Braun (UNSPLASH), Guillaume Didelet (UNSPLASH) Via | The confidential In Xataka | For the first time in ten years, La Palma has shown the best creatures of its parties: the disturbing dwarfs that dance Polca

“Cancel Netflix for the health of their children”

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Since Elon Musk bought X, His influence of influence Several integers have grown globally. To put it in context, the data suggests that X has about 415 million users, of which 227 million follow Elon Musk. That is, when Musk publishes a message on his social network he does it for an audience that actively listens. The last thing that He has asked To his followers: to cancel his subscriptions to Netflix as a boycott for an animation series in which his protagonist is a trans teenager. His followers have not doubted it and have canceled their subscription immediately. Netflix sin. The trigger for this boycott call has been the broadcast of the animated series “Dead End: Paranormal Park“, Based on the books of the British Hamish Steele. The series includes a transgender teenage character as the protagonist and is classified as suitable for over 7 years. Musk and a part of the users criticized the content to promote, according to them, a transgender agenda directed to the youth audience. Your message in X He quickly went viral: “Cancela Netflix for the health of your children”, which motivated thousands of users to share captures demonstrating how they discharged their accounts. After calling Elon Musk’s boycott came a wave of Messages on the same line of influencers related to the postulates of Trump and Maga. The series and the debate for the LGTBI+ representation. “Dead End: Paranormal Park” is a British series that mixes comedy, terror and fantasy. Its protagonist, Barney, is a young trans that, along with other neurodiverse characters, lives adventures in a haunted park. This series, recognized with international awards as British Animation Award and the Glaad Media Awardhas been placed in the center of the controversy for its representation of LGBTI+ characters in an area for children under 7 years, which has generated reactions among the most conservative users. However, the real origin of the entire controversy was not the content of the series, but the author of the books on which it is based: Hamish Steele. The author criticized that the British prime minister published a message of condolences for the Death of Charlie Kirkthe Republican influencer that was recently killed during a public event. His message ignited the wrath of the most conservative sector that began canceling his subscription to Netflix as a protest measure. Touch the image to access the original message Elon Musk’s answer To one of those messages in which it was indicated that the reason for the cancellation was that the author celebrated the murder of Kirk unleashed the cancellation chain. The controversy LGTBI+ He joined later In a perfect storm encouraged by Musk. Fall in Netflix actions. The financial impact of Musk boycott call Not waiting. On October 1, Netflix shares already fell by 2%, and repeated that fall the next day, accumulating a 4.4% decrease in 48 hours. Despite these figures, Netflix has not issued any official statement on the situation, nor has it clarified the real effect on its subscriber base these days. The personal history behind the controversy. Musk’s position on this subject has A family background. Xavier, one of the trillions he had with his first wife Justine Wilson, began to identify himself as a trans woman, becoming called Vivian Jenna Wilson and legally requesting get disconnected of the surname Musk. “I no longer live with my biological father or want to be linked to him in any way,” said Vivian before the press. The relationship between the two has deteriorated considerably since then, to the point that Musk published: “My son, Xavier, died. He was killed by the ‘Wake’ mentality virus. His daughter did not hesitate to respond to her father with A challenging message and in one recent interview for Teen voguethe young woman said: “I only find out about him by networks or for what the media publish. Sometimes I see what he says and think: ‘What a shame of others, I would have to say something’ and I have already done it several times.” In Xataka | Trans people do not have a life expectancy of less than 35 years, no matter how much the media say Image | Unspash (Thibult Penin), Flickr (Gage Skidmore)

How to configure it and what options are there to control what your children can do with artificial intelligence

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Let’s explain How to configure parental control of Chatgpt to have control over what the minors of your home do with the artificial intelligence. You can also receive notifications when these minors perform certain tasks. We will explain step by step the process to configure the account of the minors to link it to yours. Then, we will briefly tell you how to configure these controls and the options you have. This moment option is only available on the web version Chatgpt, although soon it will also reach mobile and desktop apps. First configure parental control To configure parental control, you first have to open chatgpt using the account of who is going to manage the family. Once inside, Enter the chatgpt configuration Pressing in your profile image and choosing this option. Once inside the configuration, in the left column Go to the section of Parental controls. Here inside, click on the option of Add a family member That will appear. Now you have to Add the email of the minors account That you want to link your family, choosing that it is your son or daughter, and clicking on sending. You can also use a phone number if the account is registered with one. Although this is the simplest, you can also do it in reverse and send the invitation from the child account saying that the person sent to him is father, mother or guardians. Now, an invitation from OpenAi will arrive to the email account of the child or the child to join your family, and They will have to click on the link of the invitation and accept to join once chatgpt. When doing so, family members will appear in the parental control section. Now configure parental controls Once you have created the family, you have to go to the configuration of Parental controls in chatgpt settings. Once inside, click on the name of the minor whose permits you want to configure. This will take you to a panel where you can Activate or deactivate the following parameters: Reduces sensitive content: It will reduce the sensitive content of the answers. Improve the model for all: If deactivated, the child’s chats will stop sending chats to chatgpt servers Refer to stored memories: It allows to keep memories of what has been answered and asked before by the child. You can deactivate it. Voice mode: You can activate or deactivate using chatgpt voice mode. Image generation: You can allow or not allowing the child to create images with chatgpt. Hours of silence: You can configure the start and end of a period in which this child will not be able to use chatgpt with your account. In addition to this, on the parental control screen You can also configure a series of notifications related to the activity of the child. They can be chatgpt notifications or notifications and emails. It’s these: Answers: Receive notifications when ChatgPT will answer requests to the child who require a time to generate the answer, such as investigations or image creation. Safety notifications for adolescents: You can make you notify if the minor asks questions related to serious security issues. Tasks: You can receive notifications if you have modified tasks that have been created. In Xataka Basics | 14 Functions, tricks and ideas to squeeze the analysis of chatgpt images

that companies pay fortunes to their employees for having children

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South Korea has been plunged into one of the worse demographic crises of the world, with a fertility rate that reached a historical minimum of 0.72 children per woman In 2023, one of the lowest in the world. This figure is far from the population replacement level, located in 2.1 children per womanand evidences a rapid population aging which complicates the country’s economic and social sustainability. This demographic emergency It has been defined by President Yoon Suk Yeol as a “national emergency” in the face of the risk of decreasing productivity and deteriorating the fiscal health of the State. According The published by Bloombergin the face of such demographic and economic challenge, the companies of the country have brought their shoulders offering generous “baby checks” to those employees who decide to have children. Decades fighting low birth. The South Korean government has been implementing decades The most varied policies to encourage birth, destined to Relieve the economic burden of families. These include direct children’s subsidies, housing aids, paid paternity permitsfacilities for access to child care and early education. However, despite these measures and mass investment in public initiatives, the birth rate in Korea has only achieved A very modest reboundwhich has led to the authorities to consider additional reforms and to promote the private sector participation In approaching the problem. Aminar to have children from your pocket. Given the growing concern about the impact that the population decrease will have on available labor, important South Korean business conglomerates decided to act on their own. According to published Bloombergcompanies such as Booyoung offer economic bonds of up to $ 72,000 (100 million wones) for each child born, and some even apply a custom retroactive effect to facilitate parenting. It is not the only one, The local press He ensures that other companies have also implemented bonus plans and additional benefits for those employees who expand their family. “I was spent. So, after Hong and his wife, who also works in Booyoung, processing the news, did what many would do if they were offered a fortune to expand the family: they had another son to get the bonus for their birth. This is the economy of Korea. The economic incentives that Korean companies are offering do not start from an altruistic or patriotic commitment. But companies have become aware of the serious demographic crisis and, Therefore workwhich must face in the coming years. South Korea looks in the mirror of other countries with serious demographic problems such as Japan and the image is that of a aged labor market in which labor shortage It has been generalized. It is estimated that by 2050, the population of 65 years or more will amount to 40%, potentially the largest proportion of any country in the world. On the other hand, the companies that offer these incentives have become those preferred by professionals who want to form a family, so they ensure the attraction and retention of better qualified professionals, who are going to prefer a company that offers Family conciliation benefits. An encouraging rebound in birth. Such and as he collected Reutersthe set of Stimulus measures implemented by the Government with the Private sector support begins to show its first effects with A slight increase In the birth rate. After almost a decade of constant falls, the fertility rate in South Korea rose to 0.75 children per woman in 2024, marking A change of trend descendant and marks a first significant advance in many years to reverse the historical. However, they warn that cultural and social transformation necessary to sustain more significant increases will take time. In Xataka | Japan believed to have touched back on his birth crisis. Now another question is asked: if there is really a background Image | Unspash (Laura Lee Moreau)

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