Do you snoop? Been snooped?

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Parents: Have you snooped on your kids? Kids: Have you caught your parents snooping?

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Based on a thread I read recently on here, I was wondering...

Parents: Do you / have you snooped on your child's internet stuff?
Kids: Have you caught your parents snooping?
 
:salamext:

oh, my mum definitely snoops... i am only 14 years old, though, so she obviously has the right to :smile: i have nothing sneaky going on though, alhamdulillah, lol. the snooping is to be expected, especially since my parents are some of the most over-protective around!

my mum's the worst of the two. i've caught my mum snooping before but i don't think you could call it 'snooping' since she isn't afraid to do it even if i'm right behind her! she and my father also ask me straight up if i'm talking to boys whenever i'm on the phone which can get a little embarrassing :statisfie

they've sort of stopped now but my mum claims it isn't over and she's 'watching my every move through my laptop's webcam'. lol.
 
My mum just about knows how to use a mobile phone, imagine her on the internet! ;D
 
I do not think it is about trust. At least when you are a teenager. Parents want the best for you, you wont be existing if parents did not bore you, so I think kids have to accept that parents being over-protective is normal, even if it infringes on your life. Yes, once you reach balooga, then your parents HAS no responsibility to feed you or support you, and likewise I accept them not to snoop into your private stuff, although I still expect them to keep an eye on you.
 
TBH if I had kids they would have no privacy at all till they were grown ups, no computer or TV in bedroom, and the computer would have software to monitor what they're doing. We live in a world where children quite often pull the wool over their parents eyes, you can never be sure what your kid is getting up to or what he/she has got themselves into. Better to be cautious than sorry.
 
Yes! I snoop my son, a 13 years old boy. I always watch what he see on computer, and I often check files that downloaded by him.

There was a case, he download a free program. I was beside him when he download and then open that program. Do you know what was that? Not usual virus, but virus that shows porn picture on the monitor.

I will not forbid him use internet, but I always watch him and remind him, be careful if he wants to download a file from internet.
 
children these days are so smart though.
They know their computers at home are being installed with all kinds of netnanny programs by their parents. If they really are naughty, they will just go to public internet or internet cafes ("warnet" in Indonesia).

The best way is to instill good education, good awareness of current situation, good eeman and islamic knowledge, and always create good communications with them.

When I was a kid, I don't think my parents were ever snooping me, but then again, I probably didn't realize that they were :X
 
♥ Sofia ♥;1487662 said:
oh, my mum definitely snoops... i am only 14 years old, though, so she obviously has the right to i have nothing sneaky going on though, alhamdulillah, lol. the snooping is to be expected, especially since my parents are some of the most over-protective around!

my mum's the worst of the two. i've caught my mum snooping before but i don't think you could call it 'snooping' since she isn't afraid to do it even if i'm right behind her! she and my father also ask me straight up if i'm talking to boys whenever i'm on the phone which can get a little embarrassing

they've sort of stopped now but my mum claims it isn't over and she's 'watching my every move through my laptop's webcam'. lol.
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:salamext:

If parents snoop their kids, it's normal. If parents never snoop their kids, ..... that's abnormal. :D

Your parents are not over-protective parents, but parents who protect their kids well. Over-protective parents can forbids their kids do normal activity just because they are afraid their kids will get accident. But parents who protect their kids well, allow their kids do this activity but they will guide their kids how to do this activity safely.
:)
 
ardianto said:
:salamext:

If parents snoop their kids, it's normal. If parents never snoop their kids, ..... that's abnormal. :D

Your parents are not over-protective parents, but parents who protect their kids well. Over-protective parents can forbids their kids do normal activity just because they are afraid their kids will get accident. But parents who protect their kids well, allow their kids do this activity but they will guide their kids how to do this activity safely.
:)
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:wasalamex

my parents do look out for me pretty well masha'Allah :D i do get annoyed sometimes when they don't let me go to my friend's house or whatever, though. lol. but it's nothing big. it's better than letting me run free.

better to be at home than out loose on the streets!
 
♥ Sofia ♥;1487803 said:
my parents do look out for me pretty well masha'Allah i do get annoyed sometimes when they don't let me go to my friend's house or whatever, though. lol. but it's nothing big. it's better than letting me run free.

better to be at home than out loose on the streets!
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:salamext:

That's because you are girl. In certain matter parent treat their girls different than their boys. But this is not gender discrimination.
 
ardianto said:
That's because you are girl. In certain matter parent treat their girls different than their boys. But this is not gender discrimination.
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i see... i don't have any siblings so i wouldn't know, lol :) i always thought protective parents were equally as strict with all their children.
 
♥ Sofia ♥;1487806 said:
i see... i don't have any siblings so i wouldn't know, lol i always thought protective parents were equally as strict with all their children.
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Just for information. If a boy always stay alone in his room, parents usually will tell him "Out from your room, and play with your friend!".

I understand if sometime, or maybe often, you feel annoyed because your parents snoop you, or tell you "you should ..... you must .....". But, that's the parents are.

I was teenager too, but now I am a parent.
 
CosmicPathos said:
I do not think it is about trust. At least when you are a teenager. Parents want the best for you, you wont be existing if parents did not bore you, so I think kids have to accept that parents being over-protective is normal, even if it infringes on your life. Yes, once you reach balooga, then your parents HAS no responsibility to feed you or support you, and likewise I accept them not to snoop into your private stuff, although I still expect them to keep an eye on you.
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Parent must protect their children, but over protective is not good. It will make the child's personality can not develop properly. Just tell our children wich the right, which the wrong.

Let our children grow up as a "children of the life" who will determine by themselves where they will go, what they will become in the future.

Sometime we must advise our children with "you must do it, you should not do it", but let's not push our children with "you must be a child like this, you should not be a child like this". Let them be themselves.

All we can do is give them a spirit for achieving their own future, and always guide them so they do not stray down to the wrong path. Snoop is a method to prevent them stray down to the wrong path. It's okay, as long as not too 'deep'.

Sometimes we have to forbid our children to do something, but do not just ban. Let them know why they should not do that, and give them a safer alternative.
 
They say 55% of kids are snooped. Or was it 55% of parents that snoop? Either of the two.
 
My parents left me with a self responsibility,so they won't snoop
 
My mom doesn't even know how to check the history, not that we go on anything bad. lol parents on the computer.
 
i snoop whenever i want but seldom. other time i just let it go and pray for the best. its very exhausting if you need to snoop everyday and then. Am i a bad mother?? huhu
 
I do check up from time to time but you cant really tell what kids are doing these days. All parents should all be aware browsers these days have a 'in private browsing mode' which basically allows anyone to browse the net without leaving a trace. (Unfortunately there is no way to disable the option)

:hmm: Snooping is no good. More stricter measures should be in place
 

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