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When traditional stories don't land with younger generations

I told my nephew a spider trickster story the way my grandmother told me, but he just stared at his phone and asked why the spider didn't just use GPS.

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What we've seen

The sacred act of cultural transmission feels broken when ancient wisdom meets modern distraction.

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