My teenage daughter and I used to be close but now she lives on apps I don't understand and when I try to connect with her there she gets embarrassed, and when I don't try I feel like I'm losing her to a world where I can't follow. We're both trying to love each other across this digital divide but neither of us knows how to bridge it without stepping on something important to the other person.
More people experience this than they realize.
The parent-child bond is being renegotiated in digital spaces where different generations have fundamentally different relationships to privacy, connection, and authenticity.
“Where Are You with Love in the digital age?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.