Is it acceptable for a parent to snoop and tamper with their 16-year-olds Facebook account?

[stanthemansmum]

16 is a bit to old for a parent to violate their privacy like this. In the UK their kids could be working full time, marry with their parent's consent, and live on their own - again with parental consent. I know in the US people of this age are still thought of as children.

My daughter is 13 and I do police her Facebook account - not to disturb her privacy but because of an incident which she had no control over and which could have got her in a lot of trouble - and found that there were a couple of unsavoury characters on her friends list - they contacted her through the various games. I now just remove any more adult sites and invites to join groups and check her friends list every now and again - but I will not be doing that when she is 16!!