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Things have gotten out of hand with too many cellphones at home. Everyone has devices in use all the time. How did we get here in this position of losing our sweet family of five to electronics? How do we pull back? My wife and I may be the worst offenders.

–E.D., Portland, OR

Go cold turkey to reduce cellphone use at home. Go online to find a family cellphone contract and printout five copies. Confiscate the devices until every family member has signed their contract. Have a basket or box by the front door, or near the entrance, where there are charger plugs for re-juicing. You hold the cards; if they don’t sign, you don’t pay their cellphone bills.

~Didi