Well yesterday was boring, but nice to just relax and stay in doing some laundry and cooking.
There is a new at home test for drugs parents can do to their kids and in some cases (through their hair) without the child's knowledge. The questions have come out about whether or not that is an invasion of your children's privacy.
My family has never had to deal with hard drug issues but you have to figure that if it has gotten to the point where you need a drug test, chances are neither of you trust each other. What do you guys think? Should parents be able to drug test their own kids, in the privacy of their own home? Is it okay to do it without them knowing?
The Australian Tourism Board is under fire for making an ad campaign asking "Where the bloody hell are you?" while people go golfing with kangaroos and such.
So to my family and friends I demand come visit me I ask...
Where the bloody hell are you?!?!
There is a new at home test for drugs parents can do to their kids and in some cases (through their hair) without the child's knowledge. The questions have come out about whether or not that is an invasion of your children's privacy.
My family has never had to deal with hard drug issues but you have to figure that if it has gotten to the point where you need a drug test, chances are neither of you trust each other. What do you guys think? Should parents be able to drug test their own kids, in the privacy of their own home? Is it okay to do it without them knowing?
The Australian Tourism Board is under fire for making an ad campaign asking "Where the bloody hell are you?" while people go golfing with kangaroos and such.
So to my family and friends I demand come visit me I ask...
Where the bloody hell are you?!?!
3 Comments:
I am not sure what I think about doing this to your own kids. Seems like if you feel the need there is probably a problem... BUT I could have used one of those tests last month for Mr. KJ! It is great to combat bs with cold hard facts.
i'll probably take a lot of flak for this, but....
no, i don't think it's an invasion of your child's privacy. in fact, i don't think that children under the age of 18 have an inherent right to privacy anyway. as parents, we have to know what's going on with our kids. look at columbine. the kids plotted the murder/suicide in their fucking bedrooms, but their parents thought it would be a violation of their children's privacy to enter said bedrooms. that is NOT to say, however, that privacy shouldn't be respected. privacy and trust should be earned through responsibility and good behavior. it is the parents' responsibility to raise their children and to know what's going on in their kids' lives.
so, should parents use this technique? i would say only as a last resort. trust goes both ways, and if a parent sneaks around behind a kid's back using these methods, the kid is only going to rebel more. if it comes to this, the parent hasn't been doing such a good job of keeping the lines of communication open with their child.
so, in summary:
right to privacy? doesn't exist.
(god i sound republican there)
trust? goes both ways
testing your kid's hair for drugs? another in a long line of mistakes
did i answer the question?
it's not the fact that most kids are going to experiment, good parents or no. it's the fact that the good parents should know about it. parents should keep open the lines of communication and remember their youths in an effort to help their own kids through this phase. if the subjects of drugs, sex, and alcohol are taboo, then the kid will never ask questions and never be truthful. the kid has to trust the parent to react responsibly and appropriately, while the parent has to trust the kid to be forthright. i'd much rather my child call me from a wild party and ask to be picked up because they don't want to ride with a fucked up friend than for him to try to sneak home so i don't know what he's been up to. a lot of parents are too happy sitting in their comforting nest of oblivion to want to wake up and see what's really going down. parenting is hard work, it takes everything you've got to give and more. it's not something you can afford to be lazy on.
(btw, MTP, i think reading a kid's diary is a gross intrusion of privacy, too, and it's one of the few instances i believe a child has a right to privacy)
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