The phenomenon of Hikikomori—adolescents who withdraw completely from social life, refusing school, work, and even leaving their room—has become a global challenge. Ontopsychological pedagogy interprets this retreat as the effect of social memetics and external stereotypes that divert young people from their natural intentionality.
A preventive strategy highlighted in this pedagogy is the creation of social nests, educational contexts introduced since early childhood to foster authentic contact with reality and a positive relationship between the individual and society. Such environments help prevent children from remaining closed within familistic logics or conditions of isolation. By learning to interact in constructive social contexts, children develop resilience and responsibility that protect them from later withdrawal.
At the adolescent stage, strategies include experiential learning, responsibility for concrete tasks, and recovery of presence in daily life, transforming closure into openness and participation.