Originally posted by: Meuge
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Meuge
How about talking to her... or your parents. FFS who gives you the right to snoop on her conversations. Do yourself a favor and punch yourself in the nose... real hard.
If you want to take some responsibility for her, why don't you get her to trust you, and talk to her about this. If you can't do that, then wtf are you going to do when you find out that she wants to run off with Bubba? You think you can stop her by force?
Don't listen to this asshat. I'd go with the software monitoring. She's a minor and basically has no privacy rights while she's living in your house using your computer and internet access.
I am not talking about the legality of it... but about the uselessness of these techniques. Suppose he catches her talking to Bubba. What's he going to do - punish her? She's 12 and pretty. You think you can force her to do something? He may be able to... and then what? The next time she won't get caught... and now she won't trust him anymore. So when she does feel like running away with Bubba, she's not going to ask for advice.
In the end, such snooping will only make the situation worse.