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How to navigate family digital boundaries when everyone has different needs

My family agreed to do a digital detox together but my teenager keeps finding reasons why they need their phone for school and my spouse keeps checking work email 'just quickly' and I'm starting to feel like the rigid parent policing everyone instead of us being in this together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to resist technology's grip requires collective commitment that reveals individual dependencies.

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“Where Are You with Technology and labor?”

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