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SETTING DIGITAL BOUNDARIES

In order to ensure relationships are mutually respectful, supportive and caring, setting clear boundaries is essential. Whether it’s between spouses, friends, family members and co-workers, boundaries set the basic guidelines of how you want to be treated.

While establishing boundaries—and following the basic tenets of etiquette and good citizenship—is important in real-life relationships, they’re just as important in the digital world. According to Devorah Heitner, Ph.D., founder of RaisingDigitalNatives.com and author of “Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World,” as technologies evolve, so do the rules of etiquette.

“While you might be

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