Video and Touch panel connectors to delicate.

I have to panda boards and both now have broken connectors when trying to install a touch screen after I already had the monitor.
To install the Touch Screen I removed the panel, this was a mistake.

The tiny fragile connector came off even though I used very little force to open it.
So I tried the other board and the Touch screen connector came off while trying to close it.

I was being as gentle as I could with these connectors and yet I lost both closing units.
Just pushing in the cable cause it to act erratic video cuts in and out etc.
There has to be another way.
I connected up a raspberry pi camera module several times and never had this kind of poor experience.