My teenage daughter only communicates with me through text now even when we're in the same house and I miss hearing her voice but I'm afraid if I ask her to talk in person she'll stop communicating at all.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent accepts degraded intimacy with their child out of fear that asking for more will result in getting nothing.
“Where Are You with Screen time technology and raising digital children?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.