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When grandparents disregard parents' technology rules

My parents keep undermining our technology boundaries when they babysit and my spouse thinks I should just let it go because 'it's just grandparent time,' but I feel like we're sending mixed messages to our kids about what we actually believe. Nobody wants to have the awkward conversation but it's causing tension in our marriage.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Three generations are caught between love, respect, and conflicting values without a way to honor all relationships.

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