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How families handle inconsistent digital boundary enforcement

Our family agreed to have tech-free meals but my partner keeps checking work emails saying it's urgent and the kids see this and think the rules don't apply equally and I don't know how to address it without becoming the phone police.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A shared intention to limit technology is being undermined by competing definitions of necessity and exception, revealing deeper questions about authority and integrity.

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