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Scenario

How families navigate technology wants versus financial reality

My teenage kids want the latest phones and gaming equipment but they don't understand how much debt we're carrying from my job loss during the pandemic and I don't know how to explain economic reality without making them feel guilty.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different family members must reconcile desires shaped by social pressure with constraints imposed by economic circumstances.

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 Technology and inequality — who benefits who pays?”

Peri

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