While unremarkably when you're beingness asked told to manus over your phone to your parents, it'south because y'all're being punished  for going over your minutes once again, bombing a form, or breaking your curfew. Only there are the occasional situations where your parents might ask to borrow your telephone, whether they need to accept a picture of you and your siblings, or your mom wants to look at a picture of you lot and your prom engagement, and it seems like a perfectly innocent reason to look at your telephone.  Still, you tin't help feeling similar they take alternative motives. Not to mention, they're jump to practise something majorly embarrassing since they're basically useless with technology.

And those instincts should not be ignored. Unless you're in mega trouble and getting your telephone privileges revoked, here are all the reasons yous should NEVER give your parents your phone.

1. Your momwill double tap that Instagram you're showing her. "I was simply trying to zoom in," she shouts as yous shriek in anguish. Yous CAN'T ZOOM IN ON INSTAGRAM MOM! Now your crush is going to recall you're a crazy stalker for liking that pic from 47 weeks ago, and you have no one to blame but yourself.

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2. They will "accidentally" end up looking at your text messages. "DAD! Why are you in my messages!" you shout, snatching your telephone away, feeling violated. "Oh, how did I become there?" he says innocently. "You know I don't know how to apply your telephone." Right, dad. Riiiiight.

2. You'll be super paranoid about what they did or didn't encounter when they give information technology back. They'll ask yous some perfectly innocent question, similar, "How's Marissa?" and at first, you don't retrieve anything of information technology, merely then y'all call up they just had your phone.Did Marissa text me while they had my phone? Do they know I went to her birthday party when I was grounded? No. They can't. There'south no way...

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4. Because you e'er become nervous when your mom or dad is looking at a flick in your blog curl. She'south but supposed to wait at the one motion-picture show of the family y'all simply snapped at your sis's graduation, but before you know it, mom'southward swiping left.

v. You lot're afraid they'll look at your caller history. It's non like y'all've been talking to anyone they wouldn't approve of, but they certainly wouldn't appreciate the fact that you've been talking to your trounce on the phone well past midnight on school nights. Oops.

6. T hey'll drib information technology. In that location'south something about parental hands that look and then feeble and weak and unfit to hold your precious, fragile phone. Like they're about to drop it and shatter your screen at any moment. Information technology's irrational, sure. But the fear is very real.

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7. Looking at one picture will turn into playing Candy Crush for 45 minutes. And your dad will requite you phone back with the battery nearly empty. SOOO Abrasive. Like why can't he just download Candy Beat on HIS phone?!

8. They'll accidentally mail a mega embarrassing picture to some grade of social media. Plainly, they won't mean to. Only the damage will accept been washed.

9. They'll look through your music. And their highly sensitive ears won't appreciate all the swear-ridden hip hop and rock songs in your well-nigh played list.

10. They'll take selfies. Equally if to remind you: We're always watching. You're never alone.