OT – Invasion of Privacy?

[bluehairdave]

That would be a huge NO NO for me but then again I could hear my wife saying something like. “help yourself to ANYTHING you need in the house. Our home is your home” and then be surprised when someone actually takes the advice and uses some of our stuff….

just saying.. A computer is like someones wallet….but maybe there was a miscommunication.

[CBad]

Assume ALL babysitters are going through ALL of your stuff. I was what I would consider a good babysitter as a pre-teen and teen and even I snooped a little. Later I babysat with other friends or heard their stories and I was dumbfounded at the things these girls were doing. I could tell you stories!! Also, as a child my siblings and I were babysat by a girl who came with rave reviews and it’s a whole other thread what she did while watching us! So yes, password protect the laptop and lock up or nail down anything you don’t want walking away. I would never trust my kids or my house to a teenager. And I’m not paranoid; I just know too much. I’m sure there are some perfectly good ones out there. But there are some sneaky ones too that you’d never suspect!

[CBad]

Assume ALL babysitters are going through ALL of your stuff. I was what I would consider a good babysitter as a pre-teen and teen and even I snooped a little. Later I babysat with other friends or heard their stories and I was dumbfounded at the things these girls were doing. I could tell you stories!! Also, as a child my siblings and I were babysat by a girl who came with rave reviews and it’s a whole other thread what she did while watching us! So yes, password protect the laptop and lock up or nail down anything you don’t want walking away. I would never trust my kids or my house to a teenager. And I’m not paranoid; I just know too much. I’m sure there are some perfectly good ones out there. But there are some sneaky ones too that you’d never suspect!

[CBad]

Assume ALL babysitters are going through ALL of your stuff. I was what I would consider a good babysitter as a pre-teen and teen and even I snooped a little. Later I babysat with other friends or heard their stories and I was dumbfounded at the things these girls were doing. I could tell you stories!! Also, as a child my siblings and I were babysat by a girl who came with rave reviews and it’s a whole other thread what she did while watching us! So yes, password protect the laptop and lock up or nail down anything you don’t want walking away. I would never trust my kids or my house to a teenager. And I’m not paranoid; I just know too much. I’m sure there are some perfectly good ones out there. But there are some sneaky ones too that you’d never suspect!

[CBad]

Assume ALL babysitters are going through ALL of your stuff. I was what I would consider a good babysitter as a pre-teen and teen and even I snooped a little. Later I babysat with other friends or heard their stories and I was dumbfounded at the things these girls were doing. I could tell you stories!! Also, as a child my siblings and I were babysat by a girl who came with rave reviews and it’s a whole other thread what she did while watching us! So yes, password protect the laptop and lock up or nail down anything you don’t want walking away. I would never trust my kids or my house to a teenager. And I’m not paranoid; I just know too much. I’m sure there are some perfectly good ones out there. But there are some sneaky ones too that you’d never suspect!

[CBad]

Assume ALL babysitters are going through ALL of your stuff. I was what I would consider a good babysitter as a pre-teen and teen and even I snooped a little. Later I babysat with other friends or heard their stories and I was dumbfounded at the things these girls were doing. I could tell you stories!! Also, as a child my siblings and I were babysat by a girl who came with rave reviews and it’s a whole other thread what she did while watching us! So yes, password protect the laptop and lock up or nail down anything you don’t want walking away. I would never trust my kids or my house to a teenager. And I’m not paranoid; I just know too much. I’m sure there are some perfectly good ones out there. But there are some sneaky ones too that you’d never suspect!

[familyguy]

While her intent was likely not anything done out of malice, I would view it as a huge invasion of privacy. A very similar thing happened to us one time (came home and found her email autosaved in the log in screen) and we hadn’t given her permission to use our computer.

In order to avoid a huge confrontation my wife simply emailed her and told her we viewed that as a breach of trust and wished her well, but told her we wouldn’t be using her anymore. She responded with an apology and said she understood.

We since have made it abundantly clear to new sitters that anything not specifically stated was OFF LIMITS, i.e. our computer, etc.

[familyguy]

While her intent was likely not anything done out of malice, I would view it as a huge invasion of privacy. A very similar thing happened to us one time (came home and found her email autosaved in the log in screen) and we hadn’t given her permission to use our computer.

In order to avoid a huge confrontation my wife simply emailed her and told her we viewed that as a breach of trust and wished her well, but told her we wouldn’t be using her anymore. She responded with an apology and said she understood.

We since have made it abundantly clear to new sitters that anything not specifically stated was OFF LIMITS, i.e. our computer, etc.

[familyguy]

While her intent was likely not anything done out of malice, I would view it as a huge invasion of privacy. A very similar thing happened to us one time (came home and found her email autosaved in the log in screen) and we hadn’t given her permission to use our computer.

In order to avoid a huge confrontation my wife simply emailed her and told her we viewed that as a breach of trust and wished her well, but told her we wouldn’t be using her anymore. She responded with an apology and said she understood.

We since have made it abundantly clear to new sitters that anything not specifically stated was OFF LIMITS, i.e. our computer, etc.

[familyguy]

While her intent was likely not anything done out of malice, I would view it as a huge invasion of privacy. A very similar thing happened to us one time (came home and found her email autosaved in the log in screen) and we hadn’t given her permission to use our computer.

In order to avoid a huge confrontation my wife simply emailed her and told her we viewed that as a breach of trust and wished her well, but told her we wouldn’t be using her anymore. She responded with an apology and said she understood.

We since have made it abundantly clear to new sitters that anything not specifically stated was OFF LIMITS, i.e. our computer, etc.

[familyguy]

While her intent was likely not anything done out of malice, I would view it as a huge invasion of privacy. A very similar thing happened to us one time (came home and found her email autosaved in the log in screen) and we hadn’t given her permission to use our computer.

In order to avoid a huge confrontation my wife simply emailed her and told her we viewed that as a breach of trust and wished her well, but told her we wouldn’t be using her anymore. She responded with an apology and said she understood.

We since have made it abundantly clear to new sitters that anything not specifically stated was OFF LIMITS, i.e. our computer, etc.

[desmond]

Maybe when we were kids and our babysitters used the phone our parents felt the same way? Kids today live on the computer and facebook, instead of making a huge issue of it, just let her know the ground rules, like you would with food in the refrigerator.

[desmond]

Maybe when we were kids and our babysitters used the phone our parents felt the same way? Kids today live on the computer and facebook, instead of making a huge issue of it, just let her know the ground rules, like you would with food in the refrigerator.

[desmond]

Maybe when we were kids and our babysitters used the phone our parents felt the same way? Kids today live on the computer and facebook, instead of making a huge issue of it, just let her know the ground rules, like you would with food in the refrigerator.

[desmond]

Maybe when we were kids and our babysitters used the phone our parents felt the same way? Kids today live on the computer and facebook, instead of making a huge issue of it, just let her know the ground rules, like you would with food in the refrigerator.

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