I agree don't do this:

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Dear Diary,

Sarah and I had wild crazy, unrestrained sex for two hours last night

and so forth

why? cause for onr if your folks find it and don't have a less religous view of sex before marriage your ass is grass. 1st law of crime don't leave evidence especially when big brother or Mom and Dad in this case are always watching.

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However, as a parent, you might want to re-examine your parenting if you have to rely on snooping through diaries to find out things about your child.

I agree.

That sounds like something my mom would do, so I have a certain bais here. I don't believe a parent should go through their child's stuff without reason. Yes, there is no legal boundry about it, but you aren't doing your child any favor by disrespecting their privacy and property.

It seems stupid to write an account of that sort of thing, but the parent should still respect the child enough to not snoop around in a book that they know is private and personal.

It's true that the child is dependent of the parent and therefore inferior in power in the home's society, but growing people need privacy at home, at least to the extent of being able to write something that parents won't necessarily read.

Who bought the diary? The pen/pencil used to write in it?

And please, would you be this concerned if a parent read a diary and foiled a kid's plan to shoot up their school?

The doctor is right. If they are their parents' dependents, the parents have the right to know. However, as a parent, you might want to re-examine your parenting if you have to rely on snooping through diaries to find out things about your child.

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Originally posted by Whitney30:
I think parents shouldn't read their childs stuff. It's kind of a privacy thing. Parents should be there to care and give advice, but there's a thin line they shouldn't cross when it comes to privacy.

If the kid is living under thier roof and eating thier food, then they've got a right to know what they're kid is doing.

You're not adults, you don't have any "right" to privacy in your parents home.

Also, keeping a diary of that stuff is just stupid. My ex did that also, and I don't understand it.

I think parents shouldn't read their childs stuff. It's kind of a privacy thing. Parents should be there to care and give advice, but there's a thin line they shouldn't cross when it comes to privacy.