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Girls very often keep diaries to write down their feelings they may not wish to share with anyone else, including their parents, regardless of how close and open their relationship is as a family. Parents should never read their teenager’s diary, however tempted they may feel. They may well read things that were written in a moment of stress or haste that will alarm them enough to prompt them to ask their child about its contents. As soon as they do the child will know that their parent has read their private diary. Regardless of the raised voices and arguments that will undoubtedly ensue, the trust between the parent and their child will have been broken. The result will be the teenager hiding their diary and being even more secretive than usual.

Fran: ‘My real mum once read my diary, and then to make it worse, quoted comments from it in front of a big group of her friends. There was nothing that bad in it but the fact that she invaded my privacy like that really upset me.’