Parents want the best for their children. They want to ensure that they are safe and they want the best for them. But when can this become too much? Parents have become nosy and arrogant in the past decade. They read their children's text messages, look through all their social networks, and even taking it as far as reading their children's diary (Careful kids! That lock and key won't keep Mom and Dad out!). Parents have completely invaded their privacy.

Children are human beings, just like adults. Adults have the right to keep secrets, and kids do too. When a child writes a secret down in their diary or journal, it is for them to read and see ONLY; not their parents. When they compose a text message to their friend, it is for their friend and them to see ONLY; not their parents. Parents are the reason hardly any children write in diaries anymore, choosing to rant on their social networks instead, which, unfortunately, their parents check too.

Nosy parents are the ones that push their children away, not bring them closer. When parents are nosy, their child begins to feel as if they cannot trust them anymore. Instead of coming to their parents to tell them their secrets, they hide them.

Parents have even bribed or threatened to punish their child if they refuse to tell them something. Of course, to avoid this, the child has to spill their secret. Parents claim they want to protect their children from drugs, smoking, and other things. But, perhaps, maybe the reason children are doing these nowadays is because of nosy parents. They feel like they have nothing left except drugs and smoking.

Maybe children have a good reason to keep secrets. Parents digging around in their secrets can be too much for them, and every child deserves his or her own privacy. Of course parents have the right to check in on their kid. But not as a nosy parent. Asking if they are alright or saying that they can always tell them anything are the right things to do. Giving your child time to tell you their secret is the best way to go, and eventually your child will open up to you. Children respect their parents, but parents need to learn to also respect their kids.