Unpopular opinion: Parents checking their child’s phone is an invasion of privacy!

Unpopular opinion: Parents checking their child’s phone is an invasion of privacy!

As parents, sometimes you feel like you have the right to your children's things, especially the things that you have bought them, but that's not always the case, especially if the trust will be broken. 

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This is this week's unpopular opinion:

Hi Stacey

My unpopular opinion is that just because you bought a child a phone doesn’t mean you now have the right to have access to it as a parent. I don’t buy the excuse that you need to know what your kids are doing online. It’s an invasion of privacy. 

Ntobeko in Red Hill.

Read: Unpopular Opinion: Stop referring to your baby’s age in weeks

Do you think parents checking their child’s phone is okay or is it an invasion of privacy?

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