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Ok, so I hail from "dysfunction junction", and what I am about to tell you will be an extreme case of privacy invasion, but I feel I must put it out there.
When I was 12 years old I was going to my bestfriends 16th birthday party. I went and we were having a good time, and then my dad showed up with this "tape". On the tape was recorded phone messages of our conversations, things about her smoking pot and having sex. He played the tape for her parents, and she was grounded for a year. Why he sadistically chose to do this on her 16th birthday I will never understand.
From then on, till I moved out the day I turned 18, all of my phone conversations were taped. There were also voice activated recorders in the house, and serveilance cameras.
It got to the point that I really didnt give a fuck anymore, and I would call my friends and we would talk about doing bogus stuff like smoking crack, Hooking on the corner, and whatever crazy shit we could think of, just to fuck with him.
Now in my adult life I am paranoid. I have major trust issues, and trust no one. If you choose to monitor your children, do it in a loving way, and be honest about it
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