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When families rely on digital communication over face-to-face connection

My family does everything through group texts now - making plans, sharing news, even having serious conversations - and it feels efficient but something important is being lost and I miss actually talking but bringing this up makes me sound like I'm against progress.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Efficiency has quietly replaced a kind of intimacy that no one remembers how to value without seeming backward.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and intimacy?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.