Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Treason.

"I read my girl's diary every few days. I feel that it is a parental responsibility to protect our children, and prevent them from straying."

"The surveillance camera at home allows me to monitor my child. I can easily check on him to see what's going on at home."

"Going through my teenager's bag without his knowledge is perfectly okay. It is right to have a say in how they lead their lives. I once found a pack of cigarettes! Thank goodness I found out before it was too late!"

"The program I installed on my child's computer takes screenshots every 5 secs and stores it in a safe place. I can thus review my child's Internet activities and ensure that he's doing the right things."

I hate people like this.

Absolutely, completely dislike them.

Such 'well-intentioned' parents are insecure, unconfident of their parenting skills, and probably experiencing marital problems themselves, taking out their insecurities on the child.

They should have a law against such things. It should be classified as 'psychological abuse'.

But then, who am I to put them down, I'm not a parent yet, right?

SO?

No matter what, it is wrong to perform such acts of 'espionage' against a growing youth. Anyone above the age of 12 is capable of thinking for himself/herself. Although they may, and will stray, they also learn. It is better to learn from bitter experience, rather than from scolding, grounding, or harsh words. In fact, the more a parent does this, the more the child would be resentful and rebel with ever more creative ways to dodge 'parental oppression'.

(Almost) No one learns to ride a bicycle without first falling down. In the same way, no one gains worldy wisdom by staying away from the world.

There. Nice and simple. Haha.

jOhn thought at 11:07 AM