Our family WhatsApp group has become this weird obligation where everyone feels like they have to respond to everything immediately and my mom gets hurt when people don't react to her photos and my siblings are getting annoyed but no one wants to say anything. We created it to stay closer but it's making family interactions feel more stressful than before.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire for constant family closeness through technology is generating new forms of emotional labor that no one agreed to take on.
“Where Are You with WhatsApp and global connection?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.