More than ever, we need silence.
We live in times when silence appears to have become strange. We have normalized a lifestyle that profoundly affects our mental, emotional and social health. It’s an addictive dynamic we often struggle to control.
You don’t have to be a researcher to recognize what is happening before our very eyes. Many couples’ relationships suffer from the imbalance of time dedicated to social media. Emotional crises arise from hidden messages, secret affairs or virtual connections.
Problems of anxiety and depression are growing, fed by approval or rejection delivered by digital platforms. Isolation, disconnection and interior confusion are on the rise amid the avalanche of information, opinions and contradictory values that polarize and fragment human coexistence.
The exterior world imposes itself like an incessant force that invades our attention.
In homes, this reality stokes permanent tensions between parents and children over the adequate use of screens. Some parents, to avoid conflicts, give up on setting limits. Others react from authoritarian models that suppress and punish, generating resentment and emotional distance.
There are, however, some families that manage to build a different path: homes where agreements and limits are established amid an environment of empathy and respect; where
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