TEENS SHARE HORROR STORIES

TEENS SHAREHORROR STORIES
"I am not a really good artist, but I try to draw a few times a year. When I first started out, I was very self-conscious about it. Anything I drew immediately went into a small hiding place by my computer or my school binder behind the corrected math homework. My parents would often try to look at what I was drawing (mainly girls in skimpy clothing) and sneak into my room to see it. Those were probably some of the most embarrassing moments of invasion of privacy I had with my parents."
-- Tomoaki Hirai, College Park High School, Pleasant Hill, Calif.
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"My mom started hearing about Myspace.com, so she forbid my 12-year-old brother from having one. She also looked at my Myspace to check if there was anything bad on it."
-- Cecelia Choi, Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, Calif.
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"My parents have recently set up spyware on my sister's and my AOL accounts. I wasn't even doing anything. I think they just read an article on teens and the Internet, and freaked out. They now get a little report on how many IMs we send, who we send them to, and all of the sites we visit and e-mails we get. Seems a little harsh to me."
-- Christina Manrique, Carondelet High School, Concord, Calif.
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"I have to glance behind my back once in a while whenever I IM at home. My mom has a knack for sneaking up behind me and reading some of my personal conversations. I really get annoyed by it!"
-- Joseph Natividad, St. Mary's College High School, Berkeley, Calif.