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Up until I moved out of my house, my parents would search my room on a regular basis. Whenever I'd go over to a friend's house or go to school or work, There would usually be a 70% chance that my room would be throughly searched. Of course, they never would come out and say it. They always had reasons, such as "I was going to see if you had any dirty clothes, and I found this pack of cigarettes in the bottom of your shelf, in a locked box." It was.. horrible. I took it to myself to not tell my parents anything, and become more secretive. The blatant invasion of my privacy at age 17 and 18 made me want to hide things from my parents. It made me go to great lengths to do so. They would even search my car when I had one.
It may be one of those stupid things people say when they're younger, and don't actually have children, but I will never search my child's room. I will give him a lock at the age of 10, and won't go into his room unless absolutely necessary. At certain times, a child's room needs to be an island, a shelter from the outside world.
It may be a young, ego-driven, stupid opinion, but I'll hold it until I know better.
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