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Scenario

How to teach teenagers that parental attention has limits

My teenage kids are always asking me to look at something on their phones while I'm trying to focus on work or dinner or literally anything else and I want to be present for them but I also need them to understand that attention isn't infinite.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent is trying to balance genuine availability for their children with the reality that constant attention-switching is unsustainable.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attention as scarce resource?”

Peri

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