Dinámicas relacionales en familias con hijos en edad escolar durante la experiencia del confinamiento en Villavicencio, Meta

Abstract

The present investigation has an objective to understand the relational dynamics of three families with school-age children during preventive isolation due to COVID 19 in Villavicencio. The importance of this phenomenon is highlighted today due to the situation in which all families were immersed for a prolonged period of time in which they had to modify their daily lives, immersing themselves in forms of telework and virtual education. It is carried out from a qualitative research approach, with an epistemological perspective from social constructionism and the complexity paradigm. As main results, it was obtained that from this preventive isolation these dynamics partially changed, the families, who initially had a daily routine, had habits implemented within their home to carry out each of the activities, each member had an established role, and there were different ways of relating. In the same way, it is possible to recognize that for the three systems the time shared with their family group was of vital importance and how they took advantage of this time to strengthen bonds, improve couple relationships and dedicate the time that was not previously available for parenting of their children, in addition to that, in academic terms, the increase in school work for the children, the strenuous days and the adaptation to virtual media that were previously necessary but not essential for the development of activities, families had to resort to strategies to be able to respond to new demands, expand the number of electronic devices in the home and assume a new way of life mediated by telecommunications, thus increasing screen times significantly