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How smartphones changed family relationships

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the mobile phone plays an important role in the lives of transnational families
E Cabalquinto PhD looked into the long distance relationships of families in Melbourne and the Philippines Source: Getty Images

Smartphones play an important role in the everyday lives of transnational families, Earvin Cabalquinto PhD explains how we rekindle and rediscover relationships while we are apart.

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Smartphones play an important role in the everyday lives of transnational families, Earvin Cabalquinto PhD explains how we rekindle and rediscover relationships while we are apart.

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