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How to address family internet addiction when parents struggle too

My teenage kids are completely absorbed in their devices and my spouse and I can't agree on how to handle it because we're both addicted to our phones too and feel like hypocrites. We fight about screen time rules while we're all scrolling and nothing changes except now there's more tension in the house.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family system where everyone recognizes the problem but feels too compromised by their own behavior to lead change.

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“Where Are You with Internet addiction and problematic use?”

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