Is it wrong for a Mom to take Daughter's cell phone and search through it without having a reason to?

Question

If the daughter has not lied to the mother or done anything to lose her trust, is it still okay for a mom to take the cell phone and then secretly look through it (recent calls, text messages, pictures.. whichever.)?

Answer 1

no it is not o0kay **** parents and there snoopping. my mother did the same tyhing when she took my phone away. she was extremly wrong

Answer 2

My answer is the same one I give my daughter when I look through hers. If you don't have anything to hide why so you care? My daughter looks through my phone and when she had hers(before she lost it for good) she kept it close and tight and erased numbers and text. If you are not talking to people you shouldn't be then you would not care.

She is the mom and as long as you are a child she has every right. Teens will think this is wrong because they are the ones hiding and erasing

Answer 3

yes and no.Yes because she could be looking at the calls so she knows the daughter is not talking to anyone the mother dosen`t know.No because that`s invasion of privacey

Answer 4

I say yes it is perfectly fine.  Parents have unlimited rights to their kids and what they are doing.  I would definetly check my kids phones but I wouldnt hide it from them.  I would let them know I'm just checking up on them.  Its a parents job to know what their kids are doing.

Answer 5

She is probably just worried about you. I am a teenager myself, and I really get annoyed when my parents do things like that, but they are just worried about who you are talking to, what you are saying, etc.

Answer 6

YES, THATS JUST PLAIN WRONG! SHE CAN SEE IT ON THE BILL!

Answer 7

yes omg if my mom ever did that i would be SO pissed.

really, i have nothing to hide but still its an invasion of privacy!

Answer 8

Yes, it's wrong.  If the mother has reason to believe the child is headed for trouble, she has a responsibility to check the phone.  Otherwise, it's private.

Answer 9

Yes and no.

If the kid is paying for that phone herself and is in her name, then it's the kids property and mom needs to stay out.

The mom has the legal right if she is paying the bill, and I can understand her trying to check up on her kid.

But, try to understand from a kids point of view. It is an invasion of privacy and they will feel you don't trust them.

To those who say if you get mad about it then you're hiding something, that's flawed logic. It's not about hiding, it's about trust. If you don't feel a parent trusts you or your space, then someone is gonna get hurt.

I'm an adult and delete texts everyday. NO ONE looks through my texts without my permission or else.

Answer 10

If the daughter pays for it, then no. its not the moms property and has no right to be looking through the phone. But however if you did do something wrong or have hinted that something is up, then sure i can understand y she wouldd

Answer 11

Yes if your mom is paying for the phone it is her property therefor she can check your phone anytime she wants.  If you have nothing to hide then there is nothing to worry about.

Answer 12

all the adults will say yes. all teens will say no.

to the adults:

and can you blame us for feeling offended when someone doesnt trust you??? you would/proballydid feel the same way. yes you might pay for it but you gave it to us. so it became ours. and if you thought we were gonna do bad things with it, why did you give it to us? was it to seem like you trust us, but in reality you dont? thats the only thing i can think of. and thats being fake. i understand "i just wanna make sure shes ok" stuff like that but we cant trust you if you go through our stuff and if we trust you, we will come to you with our problems and you will know we are ok.

now to my answer to your question:

yes it is wrong

sorry for the rant.

Answer 13

It's ok! You're the mom! Your house, your rules, your wants. You dont need a reason to search, you dont need to explain yourself to a child. What she doesnt know wont hurt her.

Answer 14

as long as the mother is paying for that phone bill, yes. shes just making sure that her daughter is staying on track and isnt doing anything that she shouldnt be doing. its a mothers job to make sure that her daughter follows the right path in life so that she succeeds and doesnt s***w up like most girls.

EDIT: it honestly depends on the girls age. if shes under 14, then yes. over 14, the mom should put major trust in her daughter and shouldve raised her right to the point where she doesnt need to search her phone. shes responsible enough to have a job so she should be responsible enough to live life.

Answer 15

Yes it is wrong..seriously c'mon the girl hasn't done any thing wrong so y go through her things.

Answer 16

If she is paying the cell phone bill, then yes. Technically it's her property-she's probably the one that bought it for you.

Answer 17

i think it isn't right and if she pays for it its technically not your and you don't have the right to its an invasion of privacy

Answer 18

depends on how old she is, if your mommy is paying for it she can do whatever she wants and im sure she only did it to keep you safe and if you have nothing to hide why are you mad

Answer 19

yes, kids hide way too much. it's not the fact that she doesn't trust you, just the fact that she's trying to protect you.

Answer 20

If she pays then yes. I know my mom did. I never did anything to lose her trust, but she went through my phone and never found anything bad so it boosted her trust in me even more.

Answer 21

If your mtoher is paying for the cell phone bill then I would say yes, it would also depend on how old you were. Afterall she is the mother & you are the daughter.