Encrucijadas de la virtualidad niñeces y adolescencias en tiempos de incertidumbres y violencias

Abstract

Among other effects, the pandemic led children and adolescents to an almost abusive use of screens as a way to connect with the world. While some used them to maintain affective relationships, others closed themselves off and isolated from the world, making it very difficult for them to return to in-personrelationships afterward. We are now witnessing the effects of those times of attachment to virtuality and lack of contact with peers, both in early childhood, school-age and adolescence. Thus, we find an upsurge of a way for adults to position themselves in relation to children and adolescents, where the child's logic is not considered, they are not heard, and their psychological suffering is not taken into account. This leads to the assumption of pandemics of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Psychologists have a huge responsibility in this era. We are architects of the future. That is, we can change the destinies of children and adolescents if we understand that working with them in any context involves a positioning that implies a representation of the other as a human being, as a subject deserving of symbolic exchanges.