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> This reaction makes me very, very angry.

You are hearing one side of a story (that doesn't mean there is another side that would change your mind or my mind of course) but keep in mind that the parent also said "I admit I was snooping".

Let's say for arguments sake someone enters a room that they are not supposed to be in and finds something in a desk drawer that shouldn't be there. Should the person snooping be commended for doing that? As if a reward saying "go anywhere anytime and as long as the end justifies you are off the hook". Are you allowed to enter your neighbors house in search of contraband or access his computer? I realize this was allegedly "public" but the devil is in the details of what that means exactly.