Originally Posted by cynical one

Lots of mixed messages for this 50 year old…much less a 15 year old. I want you to respect others and their privacy, but you don't deserve the same. As a teenager I remember my mom snooping...and it taught me how to be sneakier. And, if she grilled me about my friends…it taught me to stop talking about them or bringing them home. Drugs, drinking, and sex were bad…but no knowledgeable explanation why…so that made them even more tempting.