STORIES OF A MOTHER AND A FATHER OF TWO TWINS
My wife and I are the parents of two twins –Diego and Sofía– and a few years ago we decided that we wanted them to learn programming, so we started looking for courses for them. At that time there were not great things and some experiences were bad. In the end we ended up setting up our own company –ConMasFuturo.com–. In fact, the rocket logo and the typography of the letters were drawn for us by our children, who were in Primary. Now they are in the university. These years have passed very quickly.
I would like to share with you the journey that our family has made throughout these years.
I want to share the satisfactions, the feelings of success and achievement with our children thanks to programming, but also my reflections on problems that I think many parents worry about: is our children’s relationship with screens healthy? Should we choose between happiness and discipline, between having fun or forging their character? Is learning programming really worth something?… Do you dare to enter the blog? Look below for entries.
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TEACHER, SHUT UP
TEACHER, SHUT UP Shut up! You shut up! I'm serious. SHUT UP. Be consequent. On this you do agree with your students. They don't want to listen to you and you are tired of talking without anyone listening. So why do you speak? For whom? Shut up for [...]
THE EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS SCAM IN THE EARLY AGE
THE EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS SCAM IN THE EARLY AGE Robot manufacturers have told us that MOVING A ROBOT UP AND DOWN, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, IS LEARNING TO PROGRAM. And hey, the idea has crept in. But THAT IS NOT, in any way, PROGRAMMING. Yes, manufacturers will tell you that [...]
HOMESCHOOLING REALLY DOES NOT WORK? OR IS THE PROBLEM ELSEWHERE?
HOMESCHOOLING REALLY DOES NOT WORK? OR IS THE PROBLEM ELSEWHERE? As I write these lines, schools are closed by COVID-19 confinement and there is quite a widespread outcry among parents over the educational deficiencies of the Homeschooling model. But is homeschooling not working? Or has homeschooling simply put an educational [...]
THE BEST INVESTMENT
THE BEST INVESTMENT My wife and I insisted that our children learn programming in Primary because we thought it was a great educational investment. And that was expensive and wasted time for the children and for us, who had to take them to classes. At the age of 16, my [...]
LET’S TALK ABOUT MONEY
LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY Many years ago, a group of franchisees came to the ConMasFuturo headquarters in Madrid and we started to talk about our pricing policy. I was trying to explain that if you want to give value and quality, you cannot compete by matching the lowest price. Some [...]
TIRED OF BEING THE VILLAIN IN THE DRAMA?
TIRED OF BEING THE VILLAIN IN THE DRAMA? I don't know if it will happen to you, but at least for some time I have had the feeling that my role as a father consists of spending my life saying "no" and giving orders. The truth is that I [...]
SICK TO DEATH OF THE DAMNED SCREENS
SICK TO DEATH OF THE DAMNED SCREENS I have to admit one thing: for many years the parents who complained about the hours their children spent glued to a screen seemed to me that they were “crybabies”. They would come to the parenting information sessions I gave at [...]
THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES. FROM SCHOOL FAILURE TO ENGINEERING
THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES. FROM SCHOOL FAILURE TO ENGINEERING A little over a year ago I was chatting with a technology professor at the “Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos” Institute in Leganés (Madrid). This teacher told me that he had two students, the typical rolling stones. You know, bad students, [...]
