Would you read your child's diary?

by DATA-DOG 41 Replies latest jw friends

  • dazed but not confused
    dazed but not confused

    I would not.

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    My teenage daughter asked me this. I answered her honestly. If I had any concern that she might be getting in to trouble, like drugs, I would.

    She hid it better after that.

  • hamsterbait
    hamsterbait

    NO.

    My mother read mine, then teased me about some of the things I said. I felt raped.

    By all means keep tabs on your kids friends, emails, phone, and have a look around their rooms for signs of things going amiss.

    Once you disrespect an intimate boundary you will never get that trust back.

    HB

  • tiki
    tiki

    ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOT! They fully deserve some privacy and freedom of expression.

  • TD
    TD

    What Tammy said

  • wasblind
    wasblind

    I kindly disagee Wit' EVERYBODY !!!!!

    In my house, I'm GOD. This is MY world that child lives in

    it is MY trust that child should earn

    As far as Provin' my trust to the child. Already been done

    I was the one that carried that life in my body wit' the greatest of care

    If that don't prove trust worthy , nothin' will

    Yes, I have spied on my child, though I didn't let her know

    when I didn't find nothin', I would let her know

    how thankful I was that she was mine. and that out of

    all the babies in the nursery, she was the one I got to bring home

    She didn't know why I said these things, but what provoked me to say

    them was the fact I didn't find nothin'

    Yes I would lie and tell her I trusted her, I tell my ol' man the same thing

    Along wit' encouragment, she wanted me to trust her more

    .

  • troubled mind
    troubled mind

    Wasblind

  • bohm
    bohm

    Should your child read your journal?

  • tornapart
    tornapart

    Absolutely not! It's an invasion of their privacy. Like invading their private thoughts. All the things we hate for ourselves. The 'thought police' comes to mind!

    If you want to know what's in their minds/hearts then have a good relationship with them where they come to you and tell you what they are thinking /doing.

  • Chariklo
    Chariklo

    No. Never.

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