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When phone use becomes a way to avoid connection in families

My teenage daughter and I both know we're avoiding difficult conversations by staying on our phones when we're in the same room but neither of us knows how to bring this up without it sounding like an attack.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared recognition of avoidance patterns that feels too risky to name directly.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Smartphone addiction?”

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