The writer is 100% correct. Families are supposed to remain together all week. The exception is travel for business (this has always existed) and travel for simchas. In Europe and Israel this summer bungalow problem does not exist, families holiday together, and they don’t have 6 weeks away from each other. The old time country bungalows existed before air conditioning (hence the necessity to vacate the intense heat of the city) and the ability for remote working, but also pre-dated the intense gashmiyus, availability of all sorts of addictions, and breakdown of gedorim that is so prevalent.
Every family should sit down and seriously ask themselves whether this enforced separation is healthy, and if nebuh it’s a must (and it shouldn’t be in most situations), families need serios and heavy gedorim, everything filtered to a higher level, webchaver etc. Any spouse going away should insist on serious fully auditable gedorim. If you have a good relationship with your spouse, you should be open enough to say lets protect ourselves from the pitfalls of technology, addictions etc and lets agree enforceable gedorim that are sacrosanct, measurable and work.
Even our greatest Tzadikim will admit they are human, and need serious gedorim in place, kal vechomer us normal folk, men and women.
We have to have more mesirus nefesh for the good of our families, marriages and the kedusha of Klal Yisroel.
You don’t compromise on the safety and gadgets of your car or house don’t compromise on your ruchniyus. WAKE-UP
