Mom doesn't respect my privacy

Question

My mom never respects my privacy. She always looks over my shoulder (unsuspectingly and annoyingly). Or she'll always ask, "What are you doing? Who are you IMing?" and I find it just annoying!

If I'm in my room on the laptop, she always opens my door and looks over at me and what I'm doing.

Is there any way to break it to my mom gently that I don't want her looking at every singel thing I do?

It's not like I do anything bad, or go into chat rooms. The worst thing I probabally do is go on Yahoo Anwsers, and that's NO big deal. My mom didn't even like me opening up a YouTube account because you can comment on videos!

Answer 1

She loves you enough to let you know she does. Be grateful a little bit.

There are so many adolescents out there now that have parents that do not have a clue.

Answer 2

well, for one thing, if your not doing anything wrong, why do you care?

and for another, there's so much stuff going on because of the internet she just whats to make sure your safe!

Answer 3

I agree with the first answere. Snd I'm a teen my self so I can relate. We seems to be so naive now a days. Letting boys and men fool us into believe that they'r some they're not. It's so easy to do that over the net especially. You can be anyone. She doesn't knowwho you're talking to and she doesn't want anything to happen to you. All (concerned) moms do things like this. My mom sure does. She loves you and doesn't want something bad to happen. There are just so many predators out there so you have to be careful. Have you ever heard of the serial rapist who used to go on dating sites and raped multiple women. He killed himself though so good news there. Be thankful you have a mom that actually cares.

Answer 4

She is being a concerned parent.  And, the bottom line is, her house her rules.  Be open with her and answer questions honestly and it may ease up.  There are a lot of traps out there, especially with the internet and I would much rather you be annoyed at your mother for caring than to end up as a statistic.

Answer 5

your problem is you're giving her a reason to be nosey, for example your iming, if you have nothing to hide from her then there shouldn't be a problem, just make sure you're not talking about bad things, all you have to do is act like you have nothing to hide, she just doesn't trust you, and there must be a reason she's like that, but don't worry eventually it goes away, you just gotta regain her trust so she won't be suspicious

Answer 6

my mom is like tht too.  Once I caught her on my email, looking at my messages!  and i made this huge deal about it, i told her i had never given her a reason to not trust me, i had always been truthful and if i was in trouble or doing something i shouldnt do, i would tell her.  ANd this is exactly what you need to tell ur mom, once i told my mom this, she apologized, and she respects my privacy alot more.  GooD LUCk!

kate

Answer 7

That sounds just like my mom. The thing is that you are always hearing teens getting raped or kidnapped or committing suicide because of what they saw or they did on the internet. She is just trying to protect you. Be open about it and talk to her on what you are doing and your thoughts.  

Answer 8

YOU ARE A YOUNG TENAGER I ASSUME.. THATS WHAT GOOD PARENTS DO..... AS A TEENAGER PRIVACY IS NOT A RIGHT.. ITS A PRVELEDGE.. AND IF MORE PARENTS WERE LIKE THAT.. LESS TEENAGERS WOULD RUN AWAY WITH PEOPLE THEY MET ONLINE...

BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE A PARENT THAT LOVES YOU ENOUGH TO BE "NOSEY" WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS ONE DAY.. YOU WILL KNOW...