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When family digital detox plans fail and create more distance

My family agreed to a digital detox weekend to reconnect but my teenage kids are treating it like punishment and my spouse keeps checking work email 'just quickly' and I'm the only one who seems to actually want this and I don't know if I'm asking too much.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very attempt to create closeness through shared boundaries is revealing how differently everyone values that closeness.

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