# Am I breaching my son's right to privacy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-breaching-my-sons-right-to-privacy/425756>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-breaching-my-sons-right-to-privacy/425756 "2007-11-09T05:46:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-breaching-my-sons-right-to-privacy/425756/41 "2007-11-11T02:01:23Z")

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I feel compelled to point out that kids sending pictures of their naughty bits to each other over an IM network makes their parent/guardian a producer, distributor, and consumer of child pornography.

Just a thought for when they get a little older!

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-breaching-my-sons-right-to-privacy/425756/42 "2007-11-11T08:47:58Z")

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11-year-old living in your house has no right to an expectation of privacy.

QED.

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**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-breaching-my-sons-right-to-privacy/425756/43 "2007-11-11T19:29:58Z")

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[QUOTE=SHAKES]  
Meh, personally I don’t make it easy for my kid (14) to access porn. But if he’s going to do it; I’m not going to get all worked up over it.

There are some things a determined kid can do that parents have no control over. I mean really, think back when you were 11.  
Just make sure they have at least one foot grounded in reality and that they treat women with respect and all that other stuff that goes with it.  
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Well, there is a difference between what I did as a kid and what I did as a kid that my parents condoned.

Did I find porn? Yep. Did I read trashy books my parents wouldn’t approve of? Yep. Did I drink before I was legal? Yep. Did I go ‘farther’ with boys than my parents would have approved of? Yep. Did I do my darnest to hide all this and fully expect to get in trouble if I was discovered? Yep. That kept me from doing it too much and too often - and going farther than I would have.

I “expect” my kids to do all of these things as well. And I expect that if they get caught, they will face my disapproval and get punished.

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-breaching-my-sons-right-to-privacy/425756/44 "2007-11-12T07:48:56Z")

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I sure hope these programs have gotten better than when I was a teen 8 years ago. That thing blocked [Disney.com](http://Disney.com) and my school music program’s web page because there was a link to “hot pictures.” :rolleyes:

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