Appleanche Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 My son is 12 and after several years of begging, finally has a cell phone. I told him when he first got it that I would be taking it any time I wanted so I could look through his texts, etc. I have yet to do it. On some level I feel it's an invasion of his privacy, NOT that at 12 he really is "owed" that per-say, but at this age privacy is important to them. I get that. The issue is that kids do need to be monitored because at this age they aren't fully capable of making the smartest decisions. Kids do dumb things with their phones. I want to look but I'm not totally sure about stepping over that line. What do you guys do? The other thing: his dad and I are divorced and I'm fairly certain his father doesn't monitor such devices (cell, computer use, etc), so.... if I do then I am the bad guy, and my ex won't hesitate to point that out to our son. Just something I have to consider because that's the game he plays. Link to post Share on other sites
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