Do You Search Your Child's Bedroom?
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Are you wondering what to look for when you search your child's bedroom? New York State Senator Eric Adams wants to show you.
Literally show you. On YouTube. Here's the video:
Who says government officials aren't looking out for us? Adams, a Democratic State Senator from Brooklyn, posted the video as part of a campaign to combat gun violence. He told the New York Daily News that children have no legal right to privacy while they live in your home.
The New York Daily News notes that dramatic music is playing in the background, and I agree that the production values are a little odd. But what Adams is advocating is something that all parents should think about. Do you search your child's bedroom?
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Literally show you. On YouTube. Here's the video:
Who says government officials aren't looking out for us? Adams, a Democratic State Senator from Brooklyn, posted the video as part of a campaign to combat gun violence. He told the New York Daily News that children have no legal right to privacy while they live in your home.
The New York Daily News notes that dramatic music is playing in the background, and I agree that the production values are a little odd. But what Adams is advocating is something that all parents should think about. Do you search your child's bedroom?
Want to get the latest ParentDish news and advice? Sign up for our newsletter!
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2-01-2011 @ 12:55PM
Michelle said...The part that shows how to search a room is awkward (more appropriate as a police-training video), but I do like the senator's message and I applaud him for it. It's important to have open communication with your kids, which includes an open-door policy with their bedrooms. It's one thing for a child to want their privacy, however, they should know that ultimately it's the parents' home that they pay for, and anything inside is their property/responsibility. Kids need to be reminded that parents the ones that make the rules until they turn 18, period! Furthermore, if a child has nothing to hide, he or she should not feel violated if their parents enter, clean, or even search their room.
If a parent feels even the slightest bit suspicious about their child possessing drugs, alcohol, weapons, whatever, then they have every right to search their child's room, backpack, purse, locker or pockets. We are always told their are "signs" a child may be on the wrong path, so as parents we need to act upon those signs and our own instincts.
My kids can close their door to change their clothes, read, and take a nap. Otherwise, the bedroom doors in our house remain open. If they want some alone time in their rooms, they get it, but again, with the door open. My kids are still pretty young, but it never fails: if they close the bedroom door, something is up. I find them either jumping on the bed, playing their portable video games after their "daily limit" is up, or doing something really messy on the carpet like nail-painting, coloring with permanent markers, etc.--all things that are not allowed. That'w why it is important to instill these values--obeying parents, following rules, being honest--at young age; because kids will be kids!
To some I may sound too strict, but I get so many compliments on how happy and well-behaved my kids are. I do think my kids feel a sense of security knowing what their boundaries are, and the "open doors" at home keep us really connected as a family.
So many parents allow devices to keep their children occupied: unlimited access to cell phones, unsupervised computer use, video games and tv's in their locked bedrooms. Then we wonder why kids today have so many problems.
Being a parent is having good communication and conversation with our kids, and knowing how to discipline and set limits. Remember why you wanted kids in the first place. Get them out of their bedrooms and spend time as a family!!
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