My teenager spends all their time on their phone and I keep threatening to take it away but never do and we both know I won't follow through and it's created this weird dynamic where we're both pretending the rules matter when they don't.
More people experience this than they realize.
Authority and care are colliding in the space between stated values and actual follow-through.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.