Oh please! The young person was worried about their father...they saw signs in his behaviour that concerned them, so they looked at their phone. It wasn't the best thing but rather it was meant to ease their mind. It is not a hanging offence. Would you rather have them talk to their parents and say they were worried when there was nothing to be concerned about, causing friction and suspicion in the marriage? Parents snoop into their children's life all the time when they are worried...they see no problem with that. Unfortunately, for the child they opened Pandora's box and instead of a sigh of relief their world came crashing down. It is done now and a valuable lesson has been learned. The question is what to do with the knowledge? They can't be quiet because their father IS doing something terribly wrong and it will eat at them forever. I am sure they would do things differently if they could do it over again.