My Dad made it clear to me that, while he was not going to just barge in at any old time, I had no "right" to privacy. That my privacy was a privilege, and was based on my being trustworthy and responsible. One time when I got caught and pulled the old "You don't trust me" line he just said (in his annoyingly calm way) that I myself had just proven that I didn't deserve that trust, so he wasn't going to just give it to me.
And then he would quote Ronald Reagan (who was president when I was in middle school) who said "Trust, but verify" and Dad always reserved the right to verify.
Lindy
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