While allowing their children to manage their privacy, parents must follow up on a genuine concern. However, sneaking behind their children’s back to find what they are doing is not the right way to do it. Parents should take their children in confidence and ask for permission to look through their things.

Question

If parents don’t respect their children’s desire for privacy, they risk losing their trust. Parents should also realize that their children will find ways to hide information from them. If left unresolved between children and parents, privacy issues can cause conflict in the family.

Nevertheless, parents should also remember that teenagers need the opportunity to be successful on their own and learn from their mistakes without a parent hovering over them. The author implies that teens may become dishonest if they do not have privacy at home.

How does the author develop this idea in paragraphs 6 through 8?
Responses
A by explaining why teens do not want to share information with parentsby explaining why teens do not want to share information with parents
B by describing the consequences of not appreciating boundariesby describing the consequences of not appreciating boundaries
C by describing the outcome of complicated privacy rules at homeby describing the outcome of complicated privacy rules at home
D by indicating some parents may excuse their children’s mistakesby indicating some parents may excuse their children’s mistakes

Answer 1

B by describing the consequences of not appreciating boundaries