Domestic Tornadrains: When Your Smart Home Gets Too Smart for Your Family's Good
From taco Tuesday traditions to custody battles over Alexa recordings—how domestic technology storms are tearing families apart and what you can do about it. The Story Behind the Storm When a proud father named Aaron used to visit his oldest son Corey on Saturdays, they had a simple tradition: folding Taco Bell tacos together. Fifty-two tacos a year. Ten years later, that's 520 missed taco folds, 10 Christmases, and a lost decade of connection—not just for Aaron and Corey, but for grandparents and even Corey's younger half-brother's pet. This isn't just about divorced families. This is about Domestic Tornadrains —the perfect storm of smart home technology, digital communication chaos, and family legal systems that can't keep up with how technology is reshaping domestic life. The Digital Tornado in Your Living Room Your home used to be your sanctuary. Now it's a battlefield of competing algorithms, smart devices that spy on family conversations, and techn...