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How parents navigate authority when children have instant information access

My teenage kids keep pointing out inconsistencies in things I've told them over the years because they can instantly fact-check everything, and my spouse thinks I should admit when I'm wrong while I feel like it undermines my authority as a parent.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family system built on parental knowledge authority is collapsing under the weight of democratized information access.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Printing press and knowledge democratization?”

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