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A retiree and his children have stolen millions of dollars to Ford in office material. Indeed, lights, caps and bumper

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Although in February this year Audi closed its Brussels plant After 75 years in operation, the road was not simple. In the middle of the workers’ protests, someone had an idea: take the keys of 200 cars, put them in a box and remove them from the factory. Clean, simple and with 200 kidnapped cars whose unit value was around 100,000 euros. As simple as keep a box under the jacket and go through the door. More complicated seems to steal the entire engine of a car. This is what was discovered A few months ago in India. For five years, up to 900 Kia combustion engines were stolen from their plants and has not been clear to what extent some worker of the company itself is involved. However, and although large, one can understand that engines from a factory have been steal if they manage to partially disassemble. But how can one take a car cap? And a bumper? This is what they wonder in Ford where a retiree and two children, company workers, have committed a “billionaire” robbery for more than two years. Hello, dad, I bring you a bumper The information, which comes from Detroit Free Pressa police note echoed in which it was confirmed that four people have been arrested for the theft of pieces of different Ford assembly chains that later sold on Ebay. Among those arrested is a former Ford employee but the identity of any of them has not been revealed so far. The pieces were stolen from three Ford plants, one in Deabane, another on a mounting plant in Michigan and one last in Flat Rock. In Motorpasion and The Drive They point out that three of these four men were family. One of them was a retired father and the other two were his children who had contact with a Ford employee. The extracted pieces were taken to stores where they accumulated for sale. A robbery that, according to the local police, is encrypted in “multimillionaire”. And it is that the four employees would have been subtracting and selling pieces for more than two years. The most curious thing is that it is not small or easy to hide pieces. Among the products found were car headlights but also Bumper and Capóslarge pieces therefore. An agent pointed to Fox That the stores where the pieces were stored were covered to the roof. The investigation is analyzing how these pieces could be taken out of the plant without attracting attention from other employees and will have to discover how they were eliminated from the inventory so as not to attract attention since all the pieces in a mounting plant usually have some type of code that identifies each piece. In addition, from the police they point out that they are still looking for new indications that take them to ships or warehouses where the suspects could save the pieces, taking into account the volume of them and the economic damage that it seems to have caused. Photo | Ford In Xataka | The “Sowing Method” alerted by the Civil Guard: this is the new scam popular in the great parking lots

Aragon wanted his children to eat more fruit at school. So he went to look for her 10,000 kilometers away

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The Aragonese political debate has waited these days with two unexpected protagonists: fruit and schools. Or rather, the fruit that is distributed in schools. Although Aragon has thousands and thousands of hectares full of fruit and vegetable trees and stands out in the production Of cherry, peach and apples, among other fruits, the farmers of the region have raised their voice to complain that in the educational centers of their villages, pieces that arrive from plantations located abroad are being distributed, in some cases thousands of kilometers. The complaint the has launched the union of farmers and ranchers of Aragon (UAGA) and puts the finger in a yaga that already has taken to the collective To the street. What happened? The complaint has been made public UAGA-COAG. In A statement Published yesterday the Agrarian Organization ensures that there are dining rooms of educational centers in Aragon in which fruit arrives from foreign countries is being distributed. Moreover, UAGA goes further and claims to have witnesses confirming that in several schools in the region oranges from Egypt and pears of South Africa have been delivered, cultivated to more than 10,000 kilometers of distance. As a test, the association includes a photograph in which a box of pears is shown that indicates that its origin is South Africa, although there is no reference that reveals that the image was taken in a Aragon school. Click on the image to go to Tweet. “Unfair competition”. In its statement UAGA claims to feel “outraged” by the importation of fruits that it is perfectly possible to find in the Spanish fields and questions that countries from which the merchandise is brought meet the sanitary, environmental and labor standards that the European Union does require that community farmers. “It involves the violation of the demands of the organization and the fruit growers that require the application of ‘mirror clauses’ to imports from third countries “, They emphasize From the collective. UAGA-COAG wields two reasons that, in their opinion, condemn local farmers to suffer “unfair competition” against imports from other countries. The first is the strict regulation imposed by Brussels to European plantations on the use of pesticides, manipulation and conservation of fruit. The second is labor costs. While in Spain they go up every year, in Egypt, complaintthe minimum wage is 176 euros per month and in South Africa it is around 270. Looking at the EU. The complaint of the UAGA has reached enough draft for the Aragon Government to have gone to give explanations. The regional press appointment Sources of the Ministry of Agriculture that clarify that the key is in the financing of the lunch and sowing program to schools: the funds start from the EU, with what they arrive accompanied by their standards. When hiring the fruit supply, a geographical proximity requirement is not applied nor is it requested that the products be of community origin precisely to avoid a “discriminatory competitive advantage” in the process. The regional government argues that its role is that of intermediary. And now what? The Regional Executive emphasize Also that the objective is to “consolidate healthy eating habits” among schoolchildren and that fruit and milk are distributed at times such as lunch and snack, not in dining services. The program is not exactly new, but now it is offered with mixed funds that combine a community contribution and another from Aragon. With the EU money, a lot of 300,000 euros that is managed with the requirements of Brussels is paid. With the one contributed by the Aragon government, another 200,000 is financed that can handle with its own criteria. And the administration already guarantees that, “in line with its defense of the local product,” will give priority to proximity productions. The idea is to distribute cherries, apricot and nectarines, although they can also be replaced by apples or pears if requested by the centers. Beyond schools. The fruit distribution program is important because it reaches hundreds of school points and thousands of children, but the “outrage” of Uaga-Coag is not explained only by the alleged distribution of pears of South Africa and oranges of Egypt instead of fruit grown in the Aragonese countryside. Farmers It has come out To the street On several occasions to claim decent prices, changes in community policy and greater controls to ensure that the merchandise that comes to the country conforms to the community demands with which they work. “These parameters make it possible to import fruit from third countries profitable for certain companies and generate unfair competition at all levels,” the Agrarian Association in Your statement. “To end these practices, UAGA insists on claiming public administrations (regional, state and European) the regulation of markets and the recovery of the principle of community preference.” Images | Federicoeth Photography (Flickr) and Uaga In Xataka | We have a hard time differentiating a banana from a banana. And an illegal network was taking advantage of it in Spain

Disney has always been the favorite entertainment of children. Now he is being razed by YouTube

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Although the last financial results of Disney They showed an upward trend from which they may be proud, with a growth of the benefits of 5% and an arrival finally of profitability in the sector of the streamingDisney’s creative crisis is something that has been discussing for months. And an extra detail is added to it, which does not stop strengthening an idea that, despite the numbers, is around the company: Disney are no longer interested. Disney Channel debacle. Disney has been, of a lifetime, the brand par excellence of child entertainment. And although the numbers endorse their financial health, certain signals point to the loss of interest of their most active and desirable audience, children. One of these signs was the Disney Channel closure in many countriesamong them Spain, at the end of last year. The traditional entrance door to Emporio Disney has fallen, since its position among the top 10 chains, with almost 2 million average daily spectators in 2014, to number 80 in 2023, According to Nielsen. Children matter. Who wants children if they have nostalgic adults, we could ask ourselves? Very simple: Children are the very important two -legged engine of the business: parks and merchandising, which together with the cruises are part of a third of the business (the other two are entertainment and sports). And although cinema and streaming contributed in 2024 45% of the benefits to Disney, experiences are a very close 37%. Of course, a wing of the income they cannot give up. Experiences, by the way, that are also adults without children. Adults also matter, but less. Children are also indicative of an aspect of the Disney Fandom to which everyone looks at: the renewal of spectators and consumers. The new blood that makes the continuous flow of spectators and clients stagnate. For example, The recent ‘Thunderbolts‘, apart from having a predominantly male audience, most were adults: 70% of their audience was over 25 years. He nostalgia factor Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ has a side effect: the progressive and inevitable aging of the public. YouTube, the new normality. The key to this loss of interest in Disney by children is how they are moving to more versatile platforms, less rigid, such as YouTube. They prefer to see shorts instead of movies or series, and the numbers are evident: in Nielsen data than Business Insider rescuedchildren from 2 to 11 years old saw three times more videos on YouTube last year than in Disney+. Disney herself seemed to prove this problem in 2022, when she said that more than 60% of Disney+ subscribers were adults without children. The algorithmic content is the most. The world’s most watched programs for children are on YouTube and are optimized algorithmically so that these visits do not stop growing and small spectators stay longer. Key factors such as the duration of visualization, colors, music and narrative structures are learned by the algorithm, which outlines the programs almost in real time. Thus successes work as Cocomelónwith 196 million subscribers, or Kids Diana Showwith 134 million. One of the most recent channels, Vlad and Nikialready takes the lead with 140 million and a very quick growth. Next to them they continue to win classics like Baby Shark. Disney to rescue. To try to solve this issue, Disney has undertaken a series of maneuvers to attract the youngest public, even if it is unable to compete with algorithmic modifications almost in real time. Among those maneuvers is the arrival of ‘Bluey‘A Disney+, one of his most successful licenses and that, According to Nielsenbecame the series of streaming more viewed of 2024. its multimedia incursions in franchises very dear to children, such as ‘Fortnite’ (which welcomed a few weeks ago To a new Skins, mechanical avalanche and battle passes from ‘Star Wars’) also go in that direction. A future oriented to children. In recent months, Disney has been releasing series specifically designed for children based on their successful franchises, such as ‘the adventures of young Jedi’ or ‘Spidey and their superequipo’. It is one of the great needs of the entertainment giant: bring children closer to their own brands, beyond successful licenses such as ‘Bluey’. This depends on survival in a panorama where, despite the kindness and color of the products, the battle is absolutely ruthless. Header | Disney In Xataka | Disney already knows where to build his next great theme park: Abu Dhabi. And he will not cost him a cent

In South Korea, parents are buying their children actions of Tesla instead of toys. Child capital is priority

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In January there was one of the most anticipated news in time in South Korea. A small ray of hope after years of demographic debacle when seeing how the nation saw a Increase figure thus breaking a streak of almost ten years. Then we knew ideas that sought to further enhance that birth rate, such as the offer of “Premium” meat To the new moms. Now we also know that kids are receiving gifts from their parents. But they are not toys, they are actions. From stuffed to the portfolio. In South Korea, traditional children’s gifts (dolls, consoles or games) are being replaced For stock stock actionsan increasingly popular trend between parents seeking to plant the seeds of financial education from childhood. What was previously exclusive to expert adults, today, According to local mediait makes its way between minors who, with the consent of its parents, already total more than 1.2 million investment accounts in the country. Explained the Korean Times Cases like Lee’s, a 45 -year -old office worker who has given her son on her birthday and on Children’s Day, embodying this new philosophy for seven years: build an early heritage and transmit economic knowledge through the example. Although the child still prefers the letters of Pokémon that his mother gives him, the father’s intention is not immediate, but in the long term: familiarize him with concepts such as dividends, shareholding property and compound growth, even if for now he does not fully understand them (or nothing). Fiscal instruments and benefits. This kind of dystopia has much more, since the favorite instruments of this generation of children’s investors are the High Dividend ETFfunds that replicate indices such as S&P 500, and actions known as those of Samsung Electronics, Tesla, Nvidia or Apple. Because the strategy not only responds to an educational eagerness, but also to tax advantages: Parents can transfer up to 20 million WON (about 14,000 euros) Free from child taxes every decade, which converts these gifts into efficient patrimonial transmission vehicles. According to an example cited in the middle by a father, an initial investment of 20 million WON with an annual yield of 7% can be transformed into 70 million after 20 yearswithout paying a single won. This forecast is aligned with an increasingly entrenched vision that the economic future begins to build not in adulthood, but in the first years of life. Adolescence and stock market. Apparently, the trend has begun to permeate even among children and adolescents themselves, particularly in the strip from 17 to 19 years. In a recent survey Made by Samsung Securities43% of young people claimed to have an investment account In his name, and 58% declared that they planned to invest in shares soon. This youthful interest contrasts with the traditional lack of financial culture among the youngest in other countries, and reveals a society that, through parental practice and accompaniment, is Refforting your relationship With money from the bases. According to Hwang Seiionresearcher of Korea Capital Market Institutethis phenomenon has low risk due to the small initial amounts and adult guidelines, but it can have a high impact on the literacy long -term financial. Seducing childhood. The last of the legs to be treated. Faced with this hatching of investors Precocosstockbrokers are deploying directed campaigns directly to children and adolescent public. Within the framework of Children’s Day, signatures like Mira Asset Securities, Samsung Securities and Kiwoom Securities offered economic rewardsgift cards and reduced commissions for minors that open their first online accounts. Kiwoomwhich concentrates more than half a million of these children’s accounts, has even launched a Educational Channel On YouTube to teach basic finances in a didactic way. An entire ecosystem that points to a strategic objective: to capture the investor from its earliest stage to consolidate a long -term relationship with the market. Transcending money. The KT told That, in the background, and beyond the accumulation of wealth, this movement represents a sociocultural transformation: money ceases to be a taboo issue between parents and children and becomes part of the dialogue daily. In a dystopia that few were able to advance, tell a small child who is Tesla’s shareholder or who has a fraction of the S&P 500 not only introduces it to the language of capital, but, apparently, offers a new way of understanding his place in the economic world. If you want also, in a historically oriented society to savings and educational effortSouth Korea seems to be finding new ways to translate those values ​​into the 21st century. What was once an envelope with tickets today can be a business fraction, and what was once an ephemeral toy, now it becomes a tool financial training. Childhood, losing along the way part of its playful character, is thus linked to a broader notion of forecast. Because how these hint Parents “Visionaries”It is never too soon to learn to invest in the future. Image | Pexels In Xataka | The last idea of ​​South Korea to lift birth: Free flesh to the new moms South Korea | Seoul is so desperate to activate his birth rate that he has had an idea: give € 700 to those who marry

Japan has found the number of children per woman to avoid demographic extinction. Two thirds of the planet are very far

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A group of researchers in Japan He started studying What number of children by women could be understood as a key to “avoid extinction”, understanding this, not as prevention before a total apocalypse of our civilization, but as the prevention of statistical extinction of the lineages or family lines over time. They found two things: that the number that was presupposed above was very low, and that a large part of the population is late. Beyond the threshold. For decades, the magic number to keep the human population “stable” It has been 2.1: It was believed that, on average, each woman should have just over two children to ensure The generational replacement and avoid population decline. However, a New study warns that this threshold is outdated and insufficient. According to Japanese researchers, the true level of fertility necessary to guarantee the long -term survival of a human population is not 2.1, but of 2.7 children per woman. The reasons? This adjustment is due to the fact that the traditional calculation does not contemplate the Stochastic variability (that is, randomness) in factors such as individual fertility, mortality, sex proportions at birth and the probability that some people simply never have offspring. By incorporating these real fluctuations into population mathematical models (through Galton-Watson Model), The authors concluded that a higher rate is needed for Avoid progressive extinction of family lineages in generations of the future, especially in societies with low sustained birth. Map of when European fertility rates fell below replacement levels Ignored warning. The finding is especially alarming because currently two thirds of the population World Cup lives in countries with fertility rates below the old 2.1 threshold, and well below the new estimated 2.7. Among the most affected, many highly developed, are South Korea (0.87), Italy (1.29), Japan (1.30), Canada (1.47), Germany (1.53), United Kingdom (1.57), France (1.79) or the United States, with a rate of just 1.6 children per woman. These levels, which have remained low for decades, mean that almost all family lines in these countries are intended, statistically, to extinguish at some point in the future. Plus: The study clarifies that A slight bias Towards female births (that is, a slightly greater proportion of girls than boys) could marginally decrease the risk of extinction, increasing the probability of reproduction in future generations. But even that factor, by itself, would not be enough to compensate for a persistently low fertility rate. Map of countries according to global fertility rate Pronatalists Interestingly, this information reinforces the alarms that have sounded from certain sectors concerned about the future demographic. One of the most visible faces of pronatalism contemporary It’s Elon Muskwho has repeatedly warned that the low birth rates “will end civilization” and whose prolific paternity (at least 11 known children) is presented as a deliberate act in this fear. For pronatalists, raising birth rate is a Existential priority. However, this position is not widely shared by the general population. United Nations Population projections by location (the vertical axis is logarithmic and represents millions of people) Social realism. Fortune told that a Population Connection survey carried out at the beginning of the year showed that most people do not consider low birth rate An urgent problem. Only 15% perceived it as one of the main global challenges, while 45% expressed more concern about excessive population growth, given the fear that children are born in poverty conditions or with exhausted natural resources. More perceptions. Another more recent survey, Made by Yahoo News and Yougov revealed that only 8% of Americans were “very concerned” about the fall in the country’s birth rate, and only 32% expressed any degree of concern about it. In the background, another reality that We have been counting: a majority of those who do not have children, or have few, do not do it for apathy towards the future of humanity, but For practical reasons: The lack of institutional support, the loss of life, the high cost of parenting or the perception that the world is not a conducive place to form large families, they are also key. In addition, it generates an increasingly acute contrast between the demographic predictions of experts and the immediate priorities of the population. So? The warning of Japanese researchers seems clear: without a change of course, demographic extinction will be slow but inevitable in many regions of the world. And although the term “extinction” may sound apocalyptic, what is at stake, according to scientists, is not the sudden disappearance of the human species, but the progressive erosion of family and cultural continuity, in a process where future generations will be more scarce, more isolated and, in many cases, non -existent. From that prism, reproducing is more conditioned than ever to social, economic and environmental factors, and the figure of 2.7 children per woman may seem more a demographic utopia than an attainable objective. It does not seem that we are going to extinguish in the short term, at least not through “fertility”, but The study It puts the focus on the population growth to which many regions point out. Image | Pexels, JOHNSONRED, Korakys In Xataka | We thought we were 8,000 million people throughout the planet. Until some researchers began to make numbers In Xataka | In Japan there is no doubt that they live worse than 30 years ago. 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The extreme right is capturing children for its cause

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The seemingly parodic scene came to share prominence with Donald Trump’s great day. During his first hours at the White House, the new president monopolized headlines with Elon Musk. The reason: all the best in front of the planet. For the richest man in the world, an act of euphoria without more. For others, a provocation of clear Nazi connotations that evidenced the turn to the extreme right from Washington. In Sweden they are seeing the echoes of situations like that. Children: Ultra Objective. I told it in an extensive Report the Guardian The weekend. Sweden is facing a worrying transformation in the panorama of the extreme right, a marked by an alarming descent in the age of the recruits, reaching children from the age of 10, especially in areas such as Värmland. Because. To understand the phenomenon, he explained Lars Stiernelöfsociologist and specialist in extremism prevention, which, promoted by the influence of figures such as Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who have popularized associated gestures To the ultra -right as described at the beginning, some minors have begun to imitate Nazi symbologies, but not because of ideology, but by simple fashion, without dimensioning their severity. This initial banalization opens the door to effective recruitment, where violent groups take advantage of the Emotional vulnerability of solitary, isolated and solid networks. Mutation of ultra -right. The British newspaper explained that although the historic Nordic resistance movement (NMR) has lost strength after its designation As a terrorist group In the United States, next to its side has emerged smaller and difficult to track, such as Aktivklubb Sverige and Gym XIV, who use social networks and Platforms like Tiktok To capture members before migrating conversations to private spaces. These organizations have faced international connections with similar networks in Europe and the United States, adopting a strategy based on the Early indoctrination and physical training for violent purposes, under the narrative of an alleged “imminent racial war.” Recruitment profile. Here is another key of movement. Unlike past decades, where strong young people predominated and with certain desires of notoriety, the current recruited are almost the opposite: vulnerable young peoplewithout social belonging and with great exposure to networks Through mobiles. This evolution has been key to feeding the loneliness and radicalization of boys who, without family or community support, find in these groups that false sensation of community and purpose. Plus: the pattern has facilitated the increase in the so -called “lonely wolves”, authors of attacks and violent acts without direct coordination, but driven by them hate doctrines. Members of the Proud Boys Leave, epicenter of the Ultra Swedish. And of all the enclaves of the European nation, the small town of Leave has become the main focus of activity of the ultra -right, hosting the Swedish headquarters of The Hammerskinsa white supremacist group prohibited in Germany, and serving as a meeting point for organizations as NMR and Visitors international, including Proud Boys. The Guardian explained that, although his presence is limited in number, his influence is significantwith training and indoctrination facilities, as was the case with Gym Club XIVrecently closed by local authorities. Racism, misogyny and hate. In addition, the speech of these groups is not limited to racism: they also promote hate towards women, the LGBTQ+ community and encourage conspiracy theories such as that of called “Great Replacement”. Here are names of characters from the called Manzhereas Andrew Tate or Swedish YouTuber Marcus Follin (The Golden One), who are presented as referents of masculinity and white resistance, normalizing extreme speeches among young people looking for identity and belonging. Digital radicalization. The path by which they sneak among the little ones is clear. The Swedish Security Service (Säpo), in fact, He has warned About the fast expansion of this radicalization Through mobile mobile and digital environments and video games, attracting minors who have not even reached adolescence. The combination of social isolation, political polarization and consumption of extremist propaganda seems to have created a fertile terrain for ascent ideological violence, normalizing hatred and threats in the public debate. A global phenomenon? Guardian ended with a Interesting reflection At the end of your report. The strengthening of the extreme Swedish right seems to be clearly framed in an international context in which figures such as Trump and Elon Musk have symbolically legitimized these movements. In this regard, researchers Like Jonathan Leman They stressed that, after the change of posture or turn of the United States In front of the ultra -right, these groups are now felt more close to the dominant speech. And although some government measures try to stop the phenomenon, such as the increase in surveillance and prevention programs, that lack of community ties, youth loneliness and the growing sophistication of digital propaganda with the help of algorithms maintain the alive threat and, perhaps worse, constantly expanding. Image | X, Finnish Heritage, Anthony Cider In Xataka | Elon Musk’s Nazi greeting is actually the culmination of something deeper: his last right turn In Xataka | “You are not guilty of the sins of your grandparents”: after the US, Elon Musk gives its back to the extreme German right

After years of Japanese, in Spain there is already a generation at the gates of an uncertain scenario: old age without children

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In 1960 each Spanish woman had throughout her life almost three children. Today They do not reach 1.2. The data is just that: data, demographic means, pure statistical mathematics, but they serve to understand better trends that are every time more present in homes of homes. As I know Birth sinkslife expectancy and Families changeSpain meets A new reality: The first “without children” generations look at old age with the challenge of facing that last vital stage without offspring. No children. Neither grandchildren. The big question is … why? And what does it imply? Figure issue. Spanish demography (like that of Other other countriesinside and out of the West) It is changing. A lot. And fast. In fact it has been doing it for a long time. If we review the fertility index we find that It has collapsed Throughout the last decades: of 2.94 children per woman in 1967 we have gone to 1.12. And going down. Translated into babies that supposes that today they are born in Spain less than half that in him Baby Boom. The trend has been the opposite among people who live alone. At least over the last years. If in 2014 the unipersonal households supposed 24% of the total From the census, six years later they were already 26%. Another reality is those who live in a couple but choose to do it without offspring. In 2020 the INE counted near four million of homes with that profile, two out of ten. Generations without children. A few months ago the CIS contributed an even more interesting approach. Its technicians They asked to people born over the last decades if they had children and found themselves with which the percentage of ‘Sies’ fell clearly as the age of the interviewees did. It is a predictable trend among younger respondents, under 34, but the study reflects something else: among cohorts with more advanced ages, which are already peeling retirement, there is also a considerable percentage of people without offspring. And to show a button. If 89% of people of 75 or more years had children, that percentage went to 81.5%Among the interviewees from 55 to 64 years. If we go to the fork from 35 to 44 years the proportion drops even more, to 62%, and if we descend even more, focusing on the population between 25 and 34 years, we find that only 32% of respondents have had at least one offspring. Why is it important? Because as I pointed out recently The Spanish newspaper (EPE) in An analysis On that same phenomenon, the data of the CIS show us that Spain is at the gates of a demographic milestone: the arrival in the old -generation old age in which a relevant percentage of people has chosen to have no offspring. According to the CISin the age strip from 55 to 64 years they represent 18.5%. “The ghost of old age without children”. Between that 18.5% of people without offspring, such as I confessed recently A couple in the fifty to EPE, there are those who already contemplate with concern to the “ghost of old age without children.” That is, the perspective of becoming greater or becoming dependent without children or grandchildren who, if necessary, can serve as a network. “It seems that you are always going to be autonomous, but the aging is noticeable year after year and seeing it in your elders causes restlessness because having children does not mean that no one will take care of you, but you can have support, at least someone to call,” Write The same couple. They now have octogenarian parents who need help and “someone for everything.” “What would they do without their children?” Marking the way. 18.5% may seem a reduced percentage yet, but THE STUDY OF THE CIS It is interesting for something else: it suggests that this scenario of ‘old age without children’ will be increasingly common. Among the interviewees of 45 to 54 years the percentage of those who claim to have no offspring represents 21.3% and between the people aged 25 and 44 touches 36-66%. Maternity It has been delaying With the passing of the decades and today it is located in almost 33 yearswith what the logical thing would be for these percentages to soften, but still the trend is clear. THE CIS Confirm In addition, another reality that institutions such as the INE have been drawing for a long time: many of the couples who have been parents have had a single descendant, so the support they can receive in their old age will depend on a single child. It comes to review two figures to understand it: among those over 75 years of age the percentage of people with children who claim to have had more than a offspring reaches 90.3%. Among the interviewees of 55 to 64 years that same proportion already collapses to 73.5%. A complex reality. The big question arriving at this point is … Why do the Spaniards have fewer children than a few decades ago or do we even opt for not having them? The answer is complex and adds multiple factors, including cultural, labor and social changes, but a few months ago the CIS reflected Another factor Same relevant: the economic one. According to your polls, 77.3% Of the Spaniards believe that people have no children “due to lack of economic means.” 44.1% indicate another cause that goes along the same lines: “Conciling problems” work and professional life. Moreover, the research center states that 59% of respondents who have not been parents recognize that they would have liked to be. “Create support networks”. The other question that remains by throwing is … What will this increase in people who reach old age without children or grandchildren? Will it translate into greater pressure for public coffers? The problem is not exclusive to Spain. Other countries (Even in Asia) They also face the challenge of seeing how their demographic pyramid is widened … Read more

In China they are preparing their children for the future. The next course will begin to give a subject of AI

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Students are about to learn artificial intelligence. Not by themselves (which also), but as part of the educational program. Beijing has declared the implementation of an initiative that will be dedicated to the children of primary, secondary and baccalaureate will form in this area. Eight hours a year. According to the official statement“From the autumn semester of 2025, all the primary and secondary schools of Beijing will provide general education in artificial intelligence, with a minimum of eight annual teaching hours. The courses may be independent or integrate into subjects such as information technology, sciences and practical activities. Innovative teaching approaches will be adopted, including the use of artificial intelligence assistants and project -based learning assistants interactive “. They seem few, but it may be just the beginning. The truth is that eight hours dedicated to AI seem few in a whole course, but it is a minimum that of course can grow. Moreover, in that statement it is indicated that “a mechanism of collaboration between universities, companies and secondary schools will be established to form exceptional talent students in artificial intelligence.” And training for teachers. Of course, teachers will be needed to teach these classes, and therefore in Beijing “teachers from different disciplines such as computer science, mathematics and technology will be trained to teach education in AI.” Impulse for education. The Deepseek phenomenon seems to have given wings to the initiatives aimed at winning the AI ​​career. Schools may launch these courses as an additional subject or as part of other subjects related to technology. AI everywhere. As they point out In Bloombergthis initiative is part of that effort of the Chinese government to ensure that AI infiltrates in various levels. Last week, for example, the Government Congress support The application of large language models and the development of a new generation of manufacturing equipment with integrated. Estonia has already taken a similar step. Other countries have already announced initiatives in this regard. Estonia He became In the first country in the world to integrate the Chatgpt.edu service in its national education system. As of September 1, 2025, 20,000 high school students and 3,000 teachers will have free access to these tools. It will be interesting to see if other countries end up making similar movements. Of course, this is an interesting long -term commitment. Image | David Wooo In Xataka | China has declared the war on private school: why he predicted the prolific “tutorials”

say goodbye to employees if they do not marry and have children

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October 2024. The New York Times Uncapa One of the latest initiatives sponsored by the China Government to lift its battered birth and that takes off once and for all: literally go door by door In search of women to intervene in crucial decisions about motherhood. Several months have passed since then and, far from lowering the tension, the proposals have climbed several levels. Unprecedented business policy. It also counted the Times this week. In an extreme attempt to reverse the fall in marriage and birth rates, the chemical company Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group issued a notice aimed at its single employees. The proposal: demand marrying and forming a family before September 30 or face the termination of your employment contract. That mandate, that quickly It went viral on social networkswas presented as a call to loyalty and social responsibility, aligning with government efforts to promote a more “friendly with fertility” in China. It is not the first time. The truth is that the chemical company was not the first to intervene in the personal life of its employees. Recently, the Pangdonglai supermarket chain prohibited its workers demand “wedding prices” (skills that men pay to the family of the future wife), arguing that They make marriage more expensive and discouraged the formation of families. In addition, he limited the number of guests at the weddings of his employees to five tables. Despite criticism in networks, The People’s Dailyofficial newspaper of the Communist Party, defended the measure as a step towards a Most accessible and civilized marriage. Be that as it may, before the negative reaction, Shandong Shuntian He withdrew the order that went viral and was forced to undergo a “rectification” by the local government, although the controversy highlighted the degree of interference that some private companies seem to be assuming in the demographic crisis. The background of the marriage crisis (and demographic). It We counted this week. The nation is so desperate to solve the birth rate that they are even considering reduce legal age To marry. In the background, a drastic decrease in their marriage and birth rates. In 2023, Only 6.1 million couples They married, 20% less than the previous year and the lowest figure since the Government began registering data in 1986. In addition, the population has decreased for three consecutive yearswhich has generated a growing concern about the impact on the economy and future work of the country. Other extreme strategies. As We count in October last year, the government had implemented various strategies to encourage birth, from subsidies to Elimination of the Single Son Policy. Some of the most striking actions included those Home visits to women to ask them about their pregnancy plans, but also all kinds of Official propaganda ensuring that pregnancy “makes the most intelligent women”, or even called to create a social environment conducive to fertility, including incentives in the workplace. However, these measures have been received with skepticismespecially Among the young Chinesewho cite economic reasons, lack of job stability and a desire for personal autonomy as the main reasons to avoid marriage and fatherhood. Companies as pressure tools. Had the New York Times Although the Chinese government has not issued direct orders as it did in the past with the policy of the only child, it has encouraged an indirect social pressure model. According to feminist activist Lu Pin, instead of imposing drastic measures, the Communist Party would be delegating the Pressure in private companiesusing social norms to influence citizens’ behavior. The intervention of companies such as Shandong Shuntian and Pangdonglai suggests that many companies consider acceptable to implement Rules aligned with the government agenda. Although officially the government does not force them to marry or have children, it allows and in some cases publicly supports business actions that foster these practices. Social control. In fact, an example of this approach was A filtered draft of the Quanzhou Health Commission, which proposed that government employees “take the initiative in the implementation of the policy of the three children.” Although the document did not specify how they should do it, the similarities with the Single Son Policy They have generated concern about possible more direct state pressure in the future. In short, the measures seem to reflect a change in the Government’s demographic control strategy, which has gone from imposing birth restrictions to the opposite: actively foster marriage and reproduction. In question, of course, the erosion of individual rights and the autonomy of the workers themselves. Image | Josh Vaughn In Xataka | China only allows you to get married from the age of 20. Now he wants to lower it to solve his demographic crisis In Xataka | China spends its last bullet for birth to take off in the country: to go a door in search of women

get older children in whatever it costs

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Last year it was South Korea that began with the initiative. Faced with their demographic crisis, children are a “precious good” that there is care and prepare for a demanding future, so much that they were even starting them Medicar if “they did not give the size”. That germ now seems to have entered China, where competitiveness at all levels, from marriage to labor ascent, is taking many parents to a dangerous escalation. A phenomenon of stature. The height of Chinese children has increased significantly in recent decades, with The greatest world increase Between 1986 and 2019, according to the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a scientific network linked to WHO. This growth has been promoted by improvements in nutrition, access to quality proteins and government programs such as The National School Milk Planthat today distributes free milk to 32.1 million students. However, and despite these advances, many parents consider their children still They are not high enoughwhich has led to a boom in The use of growth hormones and other strategies to increase height. Social pressure. The desire that children are higher is not only a matter of health, but, as we said, it reflects intense competition in labor and marriage markets. In a society where beauty and success standards have been homogenized, the height is seen as A key attribute to obtain better job opportunities and greater attraction in marriage. There are studies. In fact, investigations from the Universidad Deportiva de Pekín and the University of Beijing have confirmed that the highest people in China are more likely to marry and win better salaries. This phenomenon is intensified by the gender imbalance caused by The only child’s policywhich left an excess of men competing in pairs. The companies “push.” They counted in Nikkei That Chinese companies reinforce this trend when establishing height requirements in their job ads, even in positions where it does not seem relevant. An example: A Hangzhou company was looking for a male model for live streaming and only demanded that he measure more than 1.85 meters, regardless of his appearance. For women, the requirement was 1.75 meters. The hormone boom. All this has led to a dangerous escalation of parents. The increase in concern for height has led to an explosive growth In the growth hormone industry in China, which tripled its size since 2018 and exceeded the United States as the largest market in the world. In 2023, the sector reached 12.5 billion yuan (1.75 billion dollars) and remain expanding. In addition, although growth hormones are only authorized for children with hormonal deficiency, many parents seek doctors willing to prescribe them unofficially. For example, the medium counted The case of li taia Changsha filmmaker who began to inject hormones to his 5 -year -old son after noticing that he was lower than 97% of the kids of his age. In a year and a half, the child exceeded the stature of half of his teammates, although the treatment cost him 130,000 yuan ($ 18,000) and coincided with the start of nasal hemorrhages (yes, the doctor ruled out a direct relationship). The figures. Currently, some 700 children are under treatment With growth hormones in the clinic of Dr. Zhu Xinyu in Xiamen, while the Chinese market continues to expand with new treatments that require less injections and longer cycles. It is estimated that by 203010.7% of children diagnosed with hormonal deficiency will receive treatment, compared to 3.7% in 2018. The risks of obsession. Doctors like Zhu and Lu Wenli warned in the report that prolonged use of growth hormones It entails risks like Intracranial hypertension, scoliosis, alterations in blood sugar levels or even possible links with cancer. Thus, parents seem willing to assume these risks and pay the treatments of their pocket, since growth hormones are not covered by the National Health System. How much do we talk about? The annual cost of standard treatment It ranges between 60,000 and 70,000 yuan (8,500/10,000 dollars). The social impact of obsession. Here comes another problem dystopic Added. Nikkei had That the eagerness to make children higher is exacerbating social inequality in China. Families with greater resources They can pay treatments With hormones and training programs, which gives them an advantage in the future work and marriage. As a result, a cycle is being formed in which high children and wealthy families They continue to get more benefitswhile those of lower class are (even more) lagging. Meanwhile, the growing stature of the population is forcing institutions and companies to Make structural adjustments. The cities have raised the minimum height to travel free by public transport of 1.1 meters to 1.3 meters in some cases. For the meters, they have increased the height of its doors from 1.8 meters to 1.85 meters in the newest models. In pediatric hospitals they have had to buy larger beds for larger children, and even the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has proposed to raise the height of the ceilings of new buildings to 3 meters to facilitate the installation of heating and air conditioning systems. In fact, The obsession with height He has taken automotive companies such as Byd and child to start designing cars with more leg space, and children’s clothing manufacturers, which have not yet adapted completely to change, seem to be difficult to find adequate garments for higher children. Pressure from childhood. In some cases, parents impose Strict exercises and diets to maximize the growth potential of their children without resorting to hormones. Cases like Lin Fan’sa mother of Shanghai, who forces her almost 6 -year -old daughter to jump the rope between 400 and 500 times a day, take fish oil supplements and eat more than usual. The girl was of average stature, but in the last two years she has fallen to the lowest quintile, which worries Lin, who measures 1.68 meters and expects her daughter to reach her. For this mother, a young woman who measures at least 1.65 meters will have better opportunities … Read more

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