Sometimes a parent feels they need to check up on their kids, even though they know their kids want to be trusted. Nothing can break the bond of trust more quickly between a parent and a child than the child finding out their parent spied on them by, say, reading their diary. 
Prying into a child’s privacy tells that child that you don’t trust them…particularly if the child has done nothing wrong.
But, just because a parent shouldn’t spy on their kids as a matter of course, that doesn’t mean that sometimes a parent doesn’t have to.
If you have reason to believe your kids might be doing something inappropriate or are concerned about them, you may feel you have to monitor their online behavior. If this is the case, knowing how to discreetly monitor your kid’s email may protect them both from what you’re worried about as well as their finding out what you’re doing.
While there are ways to discreetly monitor email without using 3rd party software, most parents won’t know how to do it. As a result, using parental control software that includes the ability to monitor email is the way to go.
