Outrage as Mom Snoops Through Teen Daughter's Room While She Slept

A mom has been widely condemned online for snooping through her teen daughter's room while she slept.

In a now-viral post on Reddit, u/Rude_Cover_2472, admitted to going through her 17-year-old daughter's belongings on more than one occasion. The post has received over 5,600 upvotes and the top comment alone has more than 19,000 upvotes.

She explained her daughter used to vape and smoke weed so she is always on the lookout to "make sure she is not doing anything illegal."

This week, the 49-year-old mom snuck into her daughter's room one night to see if she could find anything. You can read the original post here.

"She is over a month into her senior year and has really let her grades slip (she is normally a straight A, Advanced Placement student, but she has several Bs in the grade book right now). I am very disappointed in her, as this is her senior year and she should not be screwing around like this."

"I decided to go through her room because I figured if her grades were this poor, she must be misbehaving. I looked through her drawers and closet, but I couldn't find anything so I decided to look through her phone."

To do this, the mom explained she had to get on her daughter's bed and reach over whilst she slept with the mobile by her pillow. She couldn't figure out the password so decided to look in her wallet instead.

"I found an empty vape pod and saw red," she wrote.

"I woke her up at about 5:30 and confronted her about it. She told me that she didn't even know it was in her wallet and that she didn't even understand why I was mad because I know she quit months ago. She then asked me why I was even going through her stuff in the middle of the night, especially since she gave me no reason to, and then she said I was an AH and completely betrayed her trust."

Whilst the mom didn't find any drugs in her daughter's room, she still worries about her declining grades.

In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found four in 10 U.S. high school students reported using marijuana in their lifetime. The CDC study also found teens who used marijuana are more likely to quit school or not get a college degree.

Over 2,600 people have commented on the post, many of them slamming the mom.

The top comment said: "Can't wait to see you back here on your "AITA for causing my daughter to go no contact the moment she turned 18? It's weed, not heroin. She's 17 and an academic top performer. What are you getting this worked up over, lady? Chill the hell out, mom. Geez. You're the a**hole.

Another said: "Sounds like momma probably could benefit from smoking a little herself."

Sharing their experience, one user wrote: "I was top of my class, but my parents luckily were pretty chill about grades. My grades slipped during my senior year of high school (HS) because I was burned out. HS grades matter so little in the grand scheme of things. A good chance the reason the daughter was smoking weed is to deal with the stress the mom is putting her under. One of my HS best friends was a consistent B and C student. I decided to buckle down in college and got into a top med school. And then I had friends who were so burned out after HS that they floundered in college. What mom is doing isn't helping her daughter at all."

Newsweek reached out to u/Rude_Cover_2472 for comment. We could not verify the details of the case.