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When your child understands technology better than you do

My 7-year-old knows how to navigate YouTube better than I know how to navigate my own emotions and I watch her swipe and tap with this terrifying fluency while I still accidentally hang up on people.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A parent confronts their own obsolescence as their child effortlessly masters tools that remain mysterious to them.

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