Sometimes we lose perspective of the real problems of the world by looking at our navel. Spanish mothers also have our political and social needs to support the family, but the truth is that we complain about vice compared to the millions of mothers to whom the really harsh living conditions (not like ours that are the 8th world economic country) oblige them to the worst thing that can happen to a mother: the perennial separation of his son.
If it is hard to separate a few hours, even the whole day of your babies and children, what will it be like not to see them even asleep? ¡¡What infinite pain these mothers can feelWhat a titanic sacrifice they are making for the future of their families! And how little we value it in rich countries!
I have opened my eyes to this reality by informing myself of the new book of the Argentine pedagogue Nora Roberts “Educate from the booth”That was presented a month ago in Madrid and that proposes a new look in the face of the act of emigrating, the education of children and modern ways of life.
The presentation also showed the report "Educating from the call center", made by Editorial Platform, images of the project "Transoceanic Families" of the Association of Cooperation Bolivia Spain (ACOBE), and a sequence of the film "Princesas", by Fernando Lion of Aranoa.
Behind these stories of sacrifices, fears and unconditional love are important needs such as maintain a positive bond with the family that will arrive later, strengthen ties with children who have been temporarily taken care of by others or simply continue educating them in the distance. The 871 million calls from call centers are proof of this new educational reality.
Foreign mothers go through a painful and double migratory grief: to the process that every immigrant lives we must add the strong guilty feeling. That is why Nora Rodríguez recommends these immigrant mothers:
- remain responsible for their children in the distance
- prevent the link from breaking: phone, letters, etc.
- speak well, without rancor, of the people who take care of your child there
Meeting with their children is the ultimate goal of most foreign women living in Spain without them. A recent study by the NGO Red Acoge indicates that 71% of them already live with their children.
From here we wholeheartedly sympathize with these mothers and wish that 100% can live with their children.
Although really what we would have to ask the Universe and demand from international and national organizations is that in the 21st century and with the level of development of our civilization no mother or father is forced to leave their country and their children.
We have many revolutions pending!
