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This is a hard one. Don't tell him you found the deleted emails. If you do he will get rid of them entirely and you won't be able to find out what else he is hiding from you. Other than reminding him about safe sex and using protection etc I don't know what else you can do.
Last edited by KylieEve; 07-17-2010 at 02:56 PM..
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I'm leaning more toward letting him know about the emails. I don't think we should play sneaky games with our children. We have to model honesty if we want to see honesty. Plus, the OP is already having a pretty open conversation with her son about his girlfriend.
I remember when I was a junior in high school my mom found my diary, most of which was about my boyfriend and drinking. She confronted me about it, and grounded me for two months (including missing the band trip). I settled down after that. On my own, I broke up with my boyfriend, and I decided to associate with a different group of friends and to focus more on my studies and extra-curricular activities. A little time away from my peer group made me realize that they we were all on the wrong path. I'm grateful that she stopped me so that I didn't die in a drunk-driving accident or get pregnant in high school.
These days, you'd have to take away the Internet and cell phone too, but my parents would have done it without hesitation.
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