Teen Wants To Sue Parents For Using Hidden Cameras To Catch Him Masturbating

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A 15 year old boy from Alaska recently posted to Reddit asking for legal advice on how to deal with a traumatizing situation that his parents are putting him through.

In his post, the boy said that his parents have placed hidden cameras throughout the house, including his bedroom and bathroom, to prevent him from masturbating.

The teen posted anonymously to Reddit’s legal advice section asking for help.

“What can I do? I’m 15 and think I should be allowed to touch my own body. This is embarrassing and destroys my privacy, please help. My dad barged in without knocking and started screaming at me. He and my mom then sat me down and told me I’m not allowed to touch myself,” the teen explained.

13448002-7024071-image-a-17_1557776016468-2696250 An anonymous teen posted to Reddit’s legal advice forum asking for advice on how to stand up to his overbearing parents. / Photo Credit: Reddit Screenshot

“I’m 15 and think I should be allowed to touch my own body, this is embarrassing and destroys my privacy … Please help,” the boy said in his post.

The boy’s parents are extremely authoritarian and puritanical and have told him that he is not allowed to engage in any type of sexual activity before marriage.

He says that he was not even allowed to participate in the sex education classes that were held at his school.

After the incident where his parents barged in on him and lectured him about masturbation, he was forced to promise them that he would not do it anymore.

reddit-teen-cameras-masturbating-1996164 A teen from Alaska claims that his parents have been spying on him with hidden cameras to ensure that he does not masturbate. / Photo Credit: Jaymis Loveday, Flickr

However, his parents became worried that he would still continue the act, so they began placing hidden cameras throughout the house.

The teen was tipped off about his parent’s undercover operation when he found an Amazon package at his house and saw that there were indoor security cameras inside. After making this discovery, he immediately questioned his parents.

“I asked my dad and he said they are putting them in my room and bathroom so they can monitor and make sure I’m not masturbating,” the boy said in his post.

His parents indignantly fessed up to the scheme, but said they had to be sure that he was keeping his word.

“I asked my dad and he said they are putting them [cameras] in my room and bathroom so they can monitor and make sure I’m not masturbating,” he said.

The boy objected to the surveillance, but his parents insisted on having the cameras in the home.

pexels-photo-1266820-8454022 Spy Camera. / Photo Credit: Pexels

“I said that wasn’t okay, and he said that I agreed to not masturbate and this is holding me to the agreement,” the boy said.

Other Redditors were horrified by the parent’s transgression, and many of them made sure to comfort the boy and let him know that there is nothing wrong with what he was doing.

“Regardless of whether or not you’re masturbating (which is completely normal), you need to have a reasonable amount of privacy while you’re using the bathroom and changing,” one Redditor said.

“However you feel comfortable pursuing this, please realize that you are a normal kid, exhibiting normal, natural, and healthy behaviors,” another commented.

Family law expert Jacqueline Newman told DailyMail.com that this case could actually stand up in court, but she doesn’t believe that the boy will be removed from the care of the parents.

It is more likely that they will be sent to some sort of parenting class and forced to remove the cameras from their home.

‘This is not a young child. I think a court would take it seriously what their rights are, that they’re entitled to in their bathroom and in their bedroom,” Newman said.

“I think that’s extreme, unless this is the tip of the iceberg and there’s more to be discovered. To lose your parental rights, there have to be some serious allegations and proof. To put this child in some sort of foster home, I can’t imagine a court would see that as a better solution. I think there’s just some serious parenting classes that have to go on there,” she added.

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