Does your kid have a Facebook, Twitter or Tumbler account? Do you know the passwords and when he/she isn’t looking do you spy?
I have spied on my teenage daughter relentlessly and my almost pathological *need* to know everything going on in her life has backfired. I made the mistake of confronting her concerning some of the things I read and now she feels totally violated. With good reason: I’ve spied and confronted on a weekly basis for months.
I don’t believe children, including younger teens are entitled to complete online privacy especially if there are potential problems in their lives. That being said, parents can go overboard and become almost addicted to spying. We don’t need to know every detail of a teen’s life: teenagers need space to develop their own opinions.
Social media, texting and email are part of our children’s lives from an increasingly early age. And from an early age parents need to decide the level of exposure their child has to technology. With each level, parents need to speak with their kids about potential online dangers and state up front how they will be monitored.
Whadda ya think?
Tell Me What's Goin' On 
You broke the most important rule – Don’t get caught.
But I agree with your basic point – parents should have some oversight. It’s not good enough to wash your hands of whatever calamity approaches on the grounds of giving them space or respecting their privacy.
Beter again to develop the sort of relationship where they’ll tell you without you having to snoop.
“Beter again to develop the sort of relationship where they’ll tell you without you having to snoop.”
Aren’t you right!