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When family digital detox attempts keep failing despite everyone wanting them to work

Our whole family agreed to a 'phone-free weekend' to help our teenage son with his anxiety and depression, but every time we try it someone breaks first and then everyone gives up. We all want this to work but we're all secretly addicted too and nobody wants to admit it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group shares a genuine intention to change but lacks the collective wisdom to navigate their own resistance patterns.

Ideas that help explain it
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