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"Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."

"Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."

"Marc Masip (Barcelona, 1988) es psicólogo y fundador del Instituto Psicológico Desconecta, especializado en educar a los jóvenes en el buen uso del móvil y las redes sociales. En su libro Desconecta (Libros Cúpula) da algunos datos preocupantes, como que en España el 77% de las personas sufre nomofobia (miedo irracional a no tener su teléfono continuamente disponible), o que encabezamos el ranking europeo de adicción adolescente a las redes. Frente a esta realidad, propone una dieta digital que nos ayude a recuperar el control de nuestras vidas y la verdadera comunicación."

"Hace diez años, los adolescentes argentinos se conectaban a internet 30 minutos por día. Hoy, 7 de cada 10 no apagan nunca su celular, incluso cuando duermen", describe. En Colombia, según una investigación realizada por Tigo Une y la Universidad Eafit este año, el promedio nacional se establece en una hora con 46 minutos para los niños de 9 a 10 años, dos horas y 34 minutos para los de 11 a 12 años, cuatro horas con 19 minutos para los adolescentes de entre 13 y 14 años, y de cinco horas y cinco minutos para los jóvenes de 15 a 16 años."