Our family group text has become this weird surveillance system where everyone expects constant updates and location sharing, and my sister and I are both uncomfortable with it but neither of us wants to be the one to rock the boat. We've talked privately about feeling trapped between our parents' anxiety and our own need for digital autonomy, but we haven't figured out how to address it as a family.
More people experience this than they realize.
Family members are struggling with how digital tools designed for connection can become mechanisms of control, creating tension between care and autonomy that no one knows how to name.
“Where Are You with Digital Life & Online Privacy?”
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