My teenager is always anxious about missing group chats and social events but gets overwhelmed by the constant stream of notifications, and I don't know how to help because I feel the same way about my own work and social media. We both want boundaries but we're both scared of missing something important and neither of us knows how to break the cycle.
More people experience this than they realize.
You and your child are caught in parallel cycles of digital anxiety, making it impossible to model or create healthy boundaries together.
“Where Are You with FOMO and digital anxiety?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.