As a parent

I always thought it was important to give my kids their privacy as they got older. When we were teenagers my Mom used to go through all of our stuff and read our notes from friends and stuff like that. She also used to read my little sister's diary, like what the hell.

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Adogslife · 61-69, M

I can’t complain too much. When I was young, my parents were f’ing nuts about grades. Anything less than a B+ and I would’ve been grounded.

Otherwise, they were pretty trustworthy about everything else. We also lived in a separate wing of the house, so they weren’t intrusive there either. They’d just yell out or flick the lights if they wanted us.