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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Francesc Orteu]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["My daughters have asked me: 'Have I disappointed you?' And that has hurt me"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/my-daughters-have-asked-have-disappointed-you-and-that-hurt_128_5776416.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/97c32ba3-5468-4e54-b914-43551903e363_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1848y2509.jpg" /></p><p>I have always talked to my daughters about motherhood. I have been a mother who has not hidden her mistakes or weaknesses. I have not wanted them to see me as a heroine. It surprises me that they worry about the same things as my generation. Being able to have a professional career and being able to combine it with a desired and fully lived motherhood. Things haven't changed much.<strong>Are you worried about your future motherhood?</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:01:38 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Mercè Pujadas Cid]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Philologist, writer, former bookseller, conductor of reading clubs and mother of Georgina, Carlota and Berta, aged 24, 21 and 20. She publishes 'Invisible Choices' (Les Hores), nineteen short stories that explore the B-side of life, about characters who live on the fringes of conventions and who are forced to survive in unexpected ways.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["As the daughter of a lesbian, I grew up knowing that gender is not biological"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/fortunately-today-gender-is-discussed-in-classrooms-because-teachers-have-always-been-ahead-of-any-protocol_128_5769470.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/41f41903-e9b4-4555-8534-2eb34e0a147d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1927y1244.jpg" /></p><p>At home we juggle our diverse neurodivergencies -especially high abilities and others too- and this makes us quite wacky artists. Arashi has been focused on manga for a couple of years; he is capable of creating complex stories and well-rounded characters, with very careful drawing technique. Ausiàs has designed about thirty fabric animals that he has cut, stuffed, and sewn, asking for just the right amount of help: "We won't buy you any more stuffed animals, as you won't fit them in the room anymore!"<strong>How is your way of being a mother changing?</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:16:59 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Muriel Villanueva in an image from her personal archive]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Writer and mother of one son, one son and one stepdaughter, Arashi, Ausiàs and Júlia, aged 12, 8 and 8. She has just won the AELC Critics' Award in the youth category and the Samaruc Award for published work for 'El cel de l'aigua' (Sembra). She celebrates 20 years as a writer by publishing her 50th book, 'Capgirades' (Estrella Polar), a fantasy genre story about the relationship between siblings and Maori mythology from New Zealand.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["One of the most surprising things that has happened to us as a family is that our son was a choirboy at Montserrat"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/sometimes-silence-is-the-best-question-if-you-want-them-to-explain-something-to-you_128_5761742.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/88588c29-a5f2-4b9a-b74e-acf3c3f9d90b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x886y370.jpg" /></p><p>One of the most surprising things that has happened to us as a family is that our son Artur was a choirboy at Montserrat. This is something that wasn't in our plans at all. When he was eight years old, one day he told us he wanted to be a choirboy. The first thing we thought was that some of his grandparents, all very devoted to La Moreneta, had filled his head. But no. <strong>No? How was it, then?</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:51:29 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Victor Borras Gash]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Playwright, writer, theatre director, actor and father of Laia, Joana and Artur, aged 23, 21 and 18. Since 2015, with Maria Hervàs, he has directed the theatre space La Casa del Teatre Nu, in Sant Martí de Tous, Anoia. He has just won the prestigious Folch i Torres prize with 'Animals that fall from the sky' (La Galera), illustrated by Carolina T. Godina, a story about Aina, a girl who observes how every day, mysteriously, a papercraft figurine falls from the sky. For readers aged 10 to 12.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["We went through many types of fears when expanding the family"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/we-went-through-many-types-of-fears-when-expanding-the-family_128_5755256.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/73205134-0ccc-43c6-bd24-d377681c4950_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x593y255.jpg" /></p><p>From the moment of birth, Jone needed me but in a disconcerting way, very different from anything I had imagined.<strong>See that your baby doesn't need you.</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:44:57 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Bego Prados]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Art historian, primary school teacher, and mother of Jone, Corso, and Galo, aged 15, 9, and 6. They live in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. She publishes 'Nothing Happens. An atypical book about autism, disability, and motherhood turned upside down' (Espasa), an essay and personal chronicle about the experience of being the mother of an autistic daughter, from birth to adolescence. A sincere, tough, and hopeful book.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["The first year of our daughters' lives was precious but we would not want to repeat it"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/the-first-year-of-our-daughters-life-was-beautiful-but-we-would-not-want-to-repeat-it_128_5748516.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/a0a89202-8e0e-48a5-8414-151b2fbd1da0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x2513y3773.jpg" /></p><p>Olivia, the great one, was born in Manhattan and lived there for her first few months. Then, we moved to Chicago and Frida was born there. But they have no memories of New York. The character of Burricorn originates from a series of comic strips I created in 2010 when I lived in New York. It was titled <em>Another day at work</em> and told the story of a donkey who worked disguised as a unicorn. It tried to reflect the lives of people who move to that city with the dream of dedicating themselves to the world of entertainment and, to achieve it, they have to play a role.<strong>Your daughters appear in the comic.</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 May 2026 07:35:34 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Jose Fragoso]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Illustrator, author and father of Olivia and Frida, aged 12 and 11. He teaches at the Higher School of Professional Drawing in Madrid. He publishes 'Burricorn 2. The attack of the karate unicorns' (Nöpp), a fun comic for readers aged 6 to 9 about a donkey who goes to New York to succeed in cinema. He is also the author of the series 'Desencanteris 24h', 'Olivia Wolf' and 'Los Hermanos Macguffin'. Some of his 50 published books have been translated into English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Turkish and Russian.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Become mother men"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/become-father-mothers_128_5741479.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/8a160c6c-df81-4966-b4a3-4cb34dc10358_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1058185.jpg" /></p><p>We decided to have a creature without thinking too much about it. And thank goodness, because I tend to overthink things. We were excited and we knew it would never be the perfect time. I didn't even consider the arguments against it. I had no idea where I was getting myself into and the journey has been amazing.<strong>Six months after the birth, we were confined.</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 May 2026 05:04:33 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Laia Gordi]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Journalist, communicator and mother of a six-year-old boy. She has worked as a correspondent. She has lived in China, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States. She publishes 'La revolta de les mares. Assalt feminista a la maternitat' (Tigre de Paper), an essay that explains how feminism can help to live motherhood in a more empowered, enjoyed and cared-for way. She founded the cooperative of alternative culture and communication Neu al Carrer.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["If you are from science, you cannot be from humanities; it is ridiculous"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/if-you-are-from-science-you-cannot-be-from-humanities-it-is-ridiculous_128_5733448.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/063ee8db-570c-4122-8135-7a65713eaab0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1225y1404.jpg" /></p><p>Watching a child is hypnotic. You look at them closely and often see things in them that you recognize yourself in. And when you see something you don't recognize, you marvel, thinking where they must have gotten it from. <strong>One day, your young son told you: "Death has entered me and I don't know what's wrong with me, but today it's not leaving me." </strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 May 2026 09:10:51 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Antonio Ayuso]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Aeronautical engineer and father of Manu and Hèctor, aged 18 and 16. He has worked at the European Space Agency, on the design of one of the modules of the International Space Station, as well as other projects. He publishes 'A Peaceful Turbulence' (Libros del Asteroide), a text that is simultaneously literary, scientific, and philosophical where he explains to a son how the study of the universe has helped him discover new ways of understanding and enjoying life. A text that aims to erase the separation between arts and science.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["In a large family, the couple is the minority"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/in-large-family-the-couple-is-the-minority_128_5726862.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/b78790a3-9554-46dc-8c7d-aeb1f6b6c51d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x674y218.jpg" /></p><p>Since the first edition of l'Embassa't there have been families with children, because we have always ensured that the space was safe, prioritizing comfort and with friendly proposals. The night schedule, obviously, is no longer for children. But for more than 10 years we organized the Petit Embassa’t.<strong>Don't do it anymore...</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 May 2026 13:36:27 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Arnau Solsona]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Cultural entrepreneur and father of Aina, 7 years old, and Martí and Pau, 4 years old. Co-founder and director of the open-air music festival Embassa't, which reaches its 18th edition, from May 15 to 17 at Parc Catalunya in Sabadell. This year, the London punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, El Petit de Cal Eril, Alosa, Fillas de Cassandra, Dan Peralbo, Gregotechno, Dame Area, Greta, Ángeles Toledano, El Comboi, La Ludwig Band and Mishima will perform.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Being a mother is exhausting, you don't always enjoy everything, and that doesn't make you a worse mother]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/mothering-is-exhausting-you-don-t-always-enjoy-everything-and-that-doesn-t-make-you-worse-mother_128_5720233.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/5d83f2b1-70a8-404a-8e80-0f0a5c76786b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x3448y1085.jpg" /></p><p>You are often asked questions that throw you off balance. I remember we were at a country house that we shared with friends and the little one was talking to some slightly older creatures who were listening to her with their mouths agape. When we asked her what they were talking about, she said: “Mom, isn’t it true that from the vagina comes discharge, blood, life, and death?”. It was a very powerful moment, and at the same time a precious opportunity to talk about it naturally. Being a mother is a very lively job, constantly transforming. It is beautiful, but also demanding, because it involves accompanying without controlling, listening, and knowing when to give space.<strong>What do you find burdensome?</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:31:57 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Alba Florejachs]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Television and theater actress and mother of two daughters, aged 10 and 6. She regularly appears on 3Cat's 'Polònia'. She participated in the SX3 series 'Fuet' and the program 'El got d'aigua'. She performs in 'Batecs' at the Sala Tallers of the TNC. She is co-author with Ariana Ruglio, Lara Díez Quintanilla and Nídia Tusal. The play stages the story of three women who go through the experience of losing a child and also the grief of non-motherhood.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["I will never again be four months collecting without working to dedicate to my son"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/never-again-will-have-four-months-collecting-salary-benefits-to-dedicate-to-my-son_128_5713332.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/5ef7c274-d1ce-450b-a640-20267e4f9e36_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>This very day, in a second, Guillem has disappeared. <strong>What are you saying!</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:45:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Elisenda Carod, journalist and author of 'The mother of eggs'.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Journalist, humor screenwriter, director and presenter of 'La solució' on Catalunya Ràdio and mother of Guillem, who has just turned one year old. She publishes 'La mare dels ous. The anti-manual for moments of despair' (La Campana), a sincere, endearing, and humorous review of pregnancy and the first years of motherhood.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[For three months I had a dead creature in my belly while the other one was growing]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/for-three-months-had-dead-creature-in-my-belly-while-the-other-was-growing_128_5706314.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/ceada0ca-5b94-43c3-9532-0985d3da5e0f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x2471y1141.jpg" /></p><p>I remember going shopping for clothes with my mother who had that habit of everything having to match, everything having to go together. There was that obsession with making sure any piece you bought matched the clothes you already had.<strong>This is no longer the case with your daughters. Do you have many arguments about clothes?</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:09 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Nidia Tusal, co-author of 'Batecs', and actress Alba Florejachs, in the context of the play about perinatal grief at the TNC.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Costume designer for theater and film and mother of Rita and Aretha, aged ten and seven. She is co-author with Alba Florejachs, Ariana Ruglio and Lara Díez Quintanilla of the play 'Batecs', a reflection on gestational grief, which can be seen in the Sala Tallers of the TNC from April 16th to May 3rd. The play tells the story of Carla, Joana and Angie, built from two hundred real stories.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Living with a Catalan teacher is not easy"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/living-with-catalan-teacher-is-not-easy_128_5699615.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/dc9b5898-52e9-410e-905b-50e8dde060a0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Today we will have meatballs with potatoes, which with the basics I have in the freezer are quick to make and ideal for days, like today, when we have a lot to do before lunch.<strong>Will the girls give you a hand?</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:02:16 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Clara Simó]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Catalan teacher, vocational cook, content creator on social media and mother of Mariona and Carlota, aged 13 and 11. Known on social media as @clarafogons, she publishes 'Amb dos fogons. Receptes per jugar a la cuina i convertir-se en un xef' (Rosa dels Vents), a fantastic collection of recipes explained with good humor and designed to be made with daughters and sons. You will find her on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. She has 70,000 followers on Instagram.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["A father's job is to accompany without being cloying"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/the-job-of-father-consists-of-accompanying-without-smothering_128_5694348.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/0ab0aa98-8742-4d24-a828-9c8b6361291f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x2143y659.jpg" /></p><p>The two siblings in the play, Ernest and Sandra, have opposing memories of their dying father, Climent. In my case, the memory is more multifaceted. I see my father's good sides and also the bad ones, which are not about authoritarianism, but about a certain affective and emotional neglect. One of those men from an era when it was thought that men don't cry, who only knew how to communicate with their children by talking about FC Barcelona. There is a lot of reflection on fatherhood, from many aspects.<strong>At the farmhouse, however, strange things happen.</strong></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:15:02 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Pau Roca in front of the Borrás theatre]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Theater, film, television, and voice actor and father of 9-year-old Ian. He stars in 'La presència', a paranormal comedy written by Carmen Marfà and Yago Alonso, playing at the Teatre Borràs until May 3rd. On a stormy night, two brothers reunite in an isolated farmhouse to say goodbye to their dying father. Once he is dead, inexplicable events begin to occur, bringing family secrets to the surface. It has already been seen by 50,000 spectators. Anna Sahun, Mar Ulldemolins, and Marc Rodríguez also star.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["When our children grow up, we stop being present."]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/cf77354b-91e3-4555-9077-fe4f4494e51e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>At three months old, Pau was rolling over, and by nine months he was already walking. As a baby, he was a chatterbox. We read together a lot, and this, in addition to reinforcing his literacy development, also strengthened our bond, his curiosity, and his imagination. He would run out of the house, his eyes always sparkling. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:13:50 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Teresa Roig]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Writer, activist, and mother of 14-year-old Pau. She studied advertising and trained in personal development techniques. She contributes to various media outlets and has just published 'La granja del Ritz' (Rosa dels Vents), a novel interwoven with four love stories from different eras, exploring the connection between Barcelona's most luxurious hotel and a farm on the outskirts of the city. She is also the author of 'Pa amb chocolate', 'El arquitecto de sueños', 'El primer día de nuestras vidas' (winner of the Roc Boronat Prize), and the picture book 'El jardín de los pensamientos'.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Many children play at having WhatsApp groups before they are ready to manage them."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/many-children-play-at-having-whatsapp-groups-before-they-are-ready-to-manage-them_128_5679921.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/1fc06675-29fe-4337-b8d5-78aa6a7ec5ba_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x512y612.jpg" /></p><p>Working in digital marketing, and running my own company, often makes it difficult to separate work from family. When I was little, I helped prepare things in my grandmother's shop, and this family business was a place where everyone could contribute, even a child, no matter how small. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:06:11 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Georgina Dalmau]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A sociologist, writer, and mother of Abril and Àlex, aged 10 and 8, she runs a digital marketing company and teaches at several universities. She has published 'The Rebels of Antigone' (Fanbooks). Its protagonist is Mar, a girl who rebels against a falsely happy life regulated by technology. A science fiction story that prompts reflection on the consequences of our dependence on machines.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["I've found it difficult to set limits for my son because I don't consider them necessary."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/ve-found-it-difficult-to-set-limits-for-my-son-because-don-t-consider-them-necessary_128_5672967.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/4f94e809-8c2c-4635-b3e8-63d0a8ae3b5d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x806y739.jpg" /></p><p>Having children brought back unresolved wounds from our own childhood. This allowed me to reconnect with the child I once was, reclaim her, and learn to nurture her. I also had the opportunity to understand my own parents. Motherhood places us all in a vulnerable position, but at the same time, it bestows upon us a wisdom that is difficult to find elsewhere. Raising children confronts us with our own shortcomings. During my son's early years, I recovered many memories of when I was a child caring for a younger sibling.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:26:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Eva Medina]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A psychologist specializing in integrative humanistic psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, and children, and mother of 9-year-old Alain and a previous child who was stillborn. She has published 'Crear crecer criar' (Desclée De Brouwer), a personal account of the first six years of motherhood from a mother who had a difficult childhood. You can visit Evamedinapsicoterapia.com]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["I'm afraid that life will pass them by while their heads are buried in a screen."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/cities-weaken-family-ties_128_5665654.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d45a794e-a9d9-41a1-9e5c-85f19a18ef70_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x748y306.jpg" /></p><p>Family is the most important thing we have. Especially our immediate family, the people you live with and are closest to. The unconditional support. Wife, parents, siblings... grandparents. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:19:39 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[David Cordero]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A writer, accountant, avid cyclist, and father of Dídac and Rai, aged 14 and 11, he has published his third novel, 'Perros' (La Campana), a haunting and claustrophobic thriller set in an abandoned Pyrenean village where three couples arrive trying to rebuild their lives. He has also published 'Los hermanos Cabot' and 'Cuando la muerte es la vida y la vida es la muerte', a finalist for the 2018 Ramon Llull Prize.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Being a mother also means having to keep quiet more often than you'd like."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/never-hide-my-tears_128_5656648.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/0afb3f07-bc14-4a69-8df5-fab10aee8c0f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x3164y1389.jpg" /></p><p>Children have the wonderful ability to force you to confront your fears, your ghosts, your wounds. Often they don't do it intentionally because they don't know your past, but with a look, a tone of voice, a word, or a gesture, they transport you to a moment you had half-buried. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:53:43 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Jenni Rodà]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Proofreader, writer, and mother of Arlet and Biel, aged 14 and 12. She teaches writing at the Olot Municipal School of Expression. She has published her seventh novel. 'Carolina' (La Campana) deals with a toxic relationship that its protagonist, Carol, had when she was young and that, years later, her pre-teen daughter discovers. This revelation forces her to confront old wounds in order to heal them. It is a story that may interest young people, helping them recognize relationships that affect their self-esteem.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["I was a pretty unbearable teenager"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/was-pretty-unbearable-teenager_128_5650134.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d29a606f-6531-4dee-8377-65d9feabdbf3_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1006y1237.jpg" /></p><p>My son has been creating instrumental music on the computer for a year now. It's a quantum leap compared to when I started. At 12, he's doing things I was doing when I was almost 30. The evolution is incredible. He's already listened to a lot of groundbreaking music. He pays close attention to detail, works quickly and intuitively, and focuses on choosing the right sounds to make the song sound interesting. He doesn't consider mixing as a separate element; he does it all at once. He sees it as a whole.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:20:33 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Pablo Guillamet, Guillamino]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Musician, music producer, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, ​​and father of Ángela and Gil, aged 15 and 12. He is the artistic director of El Desconcert de iCat and producer of the KLK competition for new Catalan urban music talent. He is releasing his seventh album, 'Erra & Bé', featuring upbeat and danceable songs inspired by 90s American R&B. One of the tracks was produced by his son. On March 14th, he will perform at the Barnasants Festival at the Paral·lel 62 venue.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Being a good person isn't the most important thing right now."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/being-good-person-isn-t-the-most-important-thing-right-now_128_5642927.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/725c09fb-7563-4061-9989-8f9d4e44cb5b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>I have an emotional connection to the Llobregat Delta because I'm from El Prat. I lived there for over twenty years. The beach that's part of the delta has always been an oasis of peace for me. I used to go there to play as a child with my father, back when swimming was forbidden and there was never anyone there. During my teenage and early teens, I went there to reflect while watching the waves, with my partner or friends. It was a paradise because no one from outside knew about it. Now I go with my son.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francesc Orteu]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:25:20 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Laia Vilaseca, photographed for the ARA interview]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A writer and mother to seven-year-old Pol, she has become a leading author of mystery novels, which she typically sets in rural environments, with four novels under her belt. Her latest, 'The Howl of Water' (Rosa dels Vents), is a thriller set in the Llobregat Delta, where a family becomes entangled in a political plot that pressures them to cede land for the airport's expansion.]]></subtitle>
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