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When families can't agree on digital privacy boundaries for teens

My teenage kids want privacy on their phones but my spouse wants to monitor everything they do online and we're stuck between respecting their growing independence and keeping them safe in a digital world we don't fully understand ourselves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Conflicting values about safety, trust, and autonomy create impossible choices when surveillance technology makes total monitoring both possible and tempting.

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“Where Are You with Privacy and surveillance in digital life?”

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