She's 13 and I feel at this age I ought to be keeping an eye on who she's talking to and what they're saying/sending. I don't know any of the kids she's become friendly with at her new school and you hear so much about cyber bullying, sending inappropriate pics etc that I feel happier if I check up now and again. But I'm furious with myself for letting her find out as I feel now I've given her a reason to be secretive and keep things from me .
Parenting a teen is a bloody nightmare - I genuinely trust her but find it hard to accept that she's growing away from me and worry about anyone hurting her. She thinks I'm too strict because I don't feel comfortable letting her go off to unfamiliar places with a bunch of strangers - looking at what they say to each other on the phone or social media is the only way I have of judging if they're OK although I appreciate it's not a very reliable method.
How should I move on from this? Is it appropriate to check her phone/accounts from time to time? Should I mention it again and apologise (she was a bit annoyed but also seemed surprised that I was looking, I thought she knew I did as I have all her passwords). Really don't want to mess this up any more that I already have :(.
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Bugger, DD just caught me looking at her texts :(
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