The notion that parents have a right to spy on their kids *just because* comes from several severe ethical distortions.
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On the other, kids are estranged from their parents by theoretically unlimited (and practically very sweeping) state sanction to overrule.
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Parents are shamed as 'irresponsible', + the v. real threat of some well-meaning idiot snatching their kid and bringing them to the police.