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When Your Teen Communicates Only Through Shared Content

My teenage daughter sends me TikToks instead of talking to me and I don't know if this counts as connection or avoidance.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Algorithmic content sharing can serve as both genuine connection and substitute for more vulnerable direct communication.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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