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Scenario

When parent-teen intimacy gets lost in digital communication patterns

My teenager and I used to be close but now all our conversations happen through screens even when we're in the same house and when I try to have face-to-face talks they act like I'm being weird and invasive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A generation gap in communication preferences is being mistaken for a rejection of relationship itself.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and intimacy?”

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