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When extended families clash over different technology parenting styles

Our extended family group chat has become a battlefield over my sister's 'no screens' parenting approach versus everyone else's more relaxed attitude, and now family gatherings are awkward because the kids don't understand why their cousins can't watch movies together. We all love each other but this issue is creating real division.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family system is fragmenting because different approaches to children's technology use have become markers of identity rather than choices to discuss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and children — the debate?”

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