The youth of Tías do not need fewer opportunities. They need more. And, precisely for that reason, any resource that serves to boost the creativity, talent, or artistic expression of young people should be welcomed. A recording studio can be a useful tool for those who want to approach the world of music, communication, or audiovisual creation. But the question is different: is that enough?
In a world dominated by social media, by filters, by algorithms, by constant exposure, and by digital role models who set trends among thousands of young people, reducing youth policy to offering spaces to create content seems, at a minimum, incomplete.
Today, young people not only need places to record. They also need tools to understand the world they are growing up in.
We live in a stage where many adolescents and young people build part of their identity by looking at a screen. They compare their bodies, their lives, their plans, their friendships, and even their happiness with what others post. And they do so in an environment that almost never shows the complete reality, but an edited, profitable, and often unattainable version of life.
In that context, names like Lola Lolita, Sofía Surfers, and so many other figures from the digital world are not the problem. The problem is not understanding that they represent a profound change in the way young people relate, consume, inform themselves, and perceive themselves.
Therefore, a recording studio can be positive, yes. But it cannot be the great answer of a youth policy if it is not accompanied by training, support, and prevention.
Where are the workshops on mental health and social media?
Where are the talks on self-esteem, aesthetic pressure, and constant comparison?
Where are the programs to teach young people to distinguish between content, advertising, manipulation, and reality?
Where is the digital education to talk about privacy, digital footprint, mobile phone dependency, or compulsive social media consumption?
Where are the spaces to truly listen to the youth of Tías and not just to photograph new facilities?
Youth does not only need to be given a microphone. They need someone to help them understand the noise around them.
Because creating content can be an opportunity, but it can also become a pressure. Because having a camera in front of you can open doors, but it can also feed insecurities. Because being on social media can be a professional tool, but also a space for anxiety, comparison, and overexposure.
And if we talk about real opportunities, we must also talk about employment, housing, training, transportation, healthy leisure, participation, and mental health. Talking about youth cannot be limited to inaugurating flashy resources. Talking about youth requires knowing their real problems and acting responsibly.
Tías needs more ambitious youth policies. Policies that do not settle for making technical means available to young people, but that offer them criteria, protection, guidance, and a future.
The recording studio can be a good starting point. But it should not be sold as if it were the great solution. Because in a world of Lolas Lolitas, Sofías Surferas, filters, trends, likes, and seemingly perfect lives, the young people of Tías need much more than a space to record.
They need spaces to grow without getting lost along the way.