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Quality of life in families

New technologies have transformed communication between people and, in the family environment, change is perceived as negative. It is believed that there is now less communication between family members than a decade ago, according to the latest barometer from the International Institute for Family Studies 'The Family Watch' commissioned by the consultancy GAD3. Parents should be stricter about using the internet and social media. However, the control and intrusion of children's privacy should not be confused with the need to establish efficient communication.

"Among the youngest, the excessive use of video games and 'smartphones' is causing less communication," explains Siso Michavila, sociologist and president of GAD3. The importance of social networks in our daily life is so great that, according to a 2017 study of digital consumers, carried out by the Telecommunications Research Center (Cintel), the activity that Colombian users do most on the web is the use of social networks, with a participation of 88%. It is followed by the use of chat (86%), messages (79%) and the fact of sharing images and videos (78%).

This figure places Colombia as the fifth country in the region with the greatest reach, behind countries such as Peru, which tops the list with the most relevance in the category of social

networks with 93.2%; followed by Brazil, with 89.1%; Mexico, with 87.8%; and Argentina, with 83.2%.

Obviously, family conflict is something natural, since in the coexistence of members of a family unit, with different ages, thoughts and ways of seeing life, conflict is inevitable. However, the fundamental thing is not to avoid conflict at all costs, since that is impossible, but to avoid the

escalation of aggressiveness and handle it intelligently and assertively. Up to seven hours a Colombian can spend on social networks.

The most common causes of everyday conflicts in the couple and family are:

• Communication problems: incorrect expressions, reproaches, emotional speech, insults, etc.
• Feeling of loss of freedom and autonomy by one of the members of the couple.
• Try to change the way of being of the other person.
• Lack of problem solving skills.

In my case, my family consists of 4 people with me. Dad (John Amaya), Mom (Gladys Carvajal), Sister (María Amaya) and me (Sebastián Amaya).

Regarding technology, we are not very attached to them, we try to be as much as possible without electronic devices, for example when we are eating, chatting or praying. We are a somewhat old-fashioned family.

In this sense, I feel that we failed in general, it is in the way of speaking to us. Sometimes we get negative things. For example my mom is a proud person but she is very friendly. My sister is in a bad mood but is very talkative. My dad doesn't talk much but he is quite noble. And for my part I am messy but I am a responsible person.

As you can see, we all have characteristics that identify us and make family communication wasteful, but somehow we try to improve it day by day.

It is necessary to understand that in a family conflict situation not everything is negative. A conflict can be a perfect opportunity to learn new ways to solve problems. First of all, the specific causes of the conflict must be identified so that possible changes can be worked on.

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