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Scenario

When family screen time boundaries keep failing despite good intentions

My teenage kids and I agreed to do a weekly family dinner with no devices but it keeps falling apart because someone always has something urgent and I don't know if I'm being unreasonable or if we actually need this boundary.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The challenge isn't setting the rule but navigating the constant exceptions that seem more urgent than connection.

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