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How to handle extended family undermining environmental tech choices

Our family agreed to buy less tech but my brother keeps showing up with new gadgets for the kids and my parents think I'm being controlling when I suggest he's undermining what we're trying to teach. Family gatherings have become tense because nobody wants to have the conversation directly with him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Boundaries require clarity and enforcement, but family systems often prefer harmony over change.

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