Teenagers and random room inspections

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  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Coming from a good kid who had her parents snoop and find birth control I was on for endometriosis, which, in turn, caused them to change their will instead of being freaking adults and talking to me about it... I'm against it, unless mine gives me a reason to.

    Why didn't your parents know you were medicated for endometriosis in the first place?
    I was 19 and had just moved home after being in a bad car accident, which rendered me unable to work. My parents and I didn't have a good relationship. Or, well, we didn't converse much about.
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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,304 Member
    Coming from a good kid who had her parents snoop and find birth control I was on for endometriosis, which, in turn, caused them to change their will instead of being freaking adults and talking to me about it... I'm against it, unless mine gives me a reason to.

    Why didn't your parents know you were medicated for endometriosis in the first place?
    I was 19 and had just moved home after being in a bad car accident, which rendered me unable to work. My parents and I didn't have a good relationship. Or, well, we didn't converse much about.

    yes I think snooping on a 19 year old is way over the top.

    I would not snoop on my teenage childrens rooms, I don't think this is right at all, unless extremely extenuating circumstances.

    Sure, quickly check the room in general - but not open doors without knocking and not rifle through drawers.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    my son is only 2months so I don't have much experience on this, but heck yeah I'd inspect now would I let him know I found his porno? Not sure
  • xombiebite
    xombiebite Posts: 276 Member
    my parents never went through my room. they'd be disappointed with the findings anyway.

    i worked at a group home and had to do room inspections but thats because they'd take the Bounce sheets, coffee filters, cutlery etc plus i had to look for drugs that i knew were in there
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    I raised three kids now aged 39, 31 and (as of yesterday) 29. They're good people and I'm very proud of them.

    If I ever thought I had a reason to, hell, yeah I'd search their rooms, read their diaries and give them drug tests,possibly all at the same time. My oldest son gave me reason a couple of times and I busted him with alcohol. He's now a cop.

    My thought is, as minors they have absolutely no RIGHT to privacy. For them, privacy must be EARNED. Yeah, I know it's not popular but think back to when you were kids. Bet you kept things from your parents that you shouldn't have, right? Yeah you did. :noway: I just don't like underhandedness. If I tossed their rooms, I did it with them standing there, I didn't sneak in when they weren't there.

    As for the magazines and coffee filters . . . been there . . . but it was Maxim magazine. I explained to my sons that real women don't look that way, the pictures of the models are airbrushed, etc., etc. and that was the end of that (boys will be boys after all!)

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    My daughter was a different matter - it wasn't porn, it was keeping her the phone long enough to do her schoolwork! Ugh(Funny enough, she's a PBX operator at a hotel/casino in Las Vegas! :laugh: )
  • HawkeyeTy
    HawkeyeTy Posts: 681 Member
    Whaaaaaaat?

    Random room inspections for no ****ing good reason?!?

    Unless I have good reason to suspect they're doing something illegal or harmful to themselves....Hell. To. The. No.

    And this is coming from someone who considers herself to be a fairly strict parent.

    Good grief...

    Why you so angry???
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  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    This does not include going in to investigate a bad smell caused by an unintended new life form being cultivated in a long forgotten dish.

    Been there.....I never knew a half glass of Tang could actually turn green until a few months ago

    I have picked up stray dishes and found clothing stuck in them. Ewwwwww
  • AnexRavensong
    AnexRavensong Posts: 262 Member
    The coffee filters is surprising to me! O_o LOL what's wrong with old fashioned tissues? Unless I'm misunderstanding what they were used for.
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    The coffee filters is surprising to me! O_o LOL what's wrong with old fashioned tissues? Unless I'm misunderstanding what they were used for.
    Sounds like someone had to improvise lol

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