I'm not a parent but mine snooped on my phone only to stumble upon a conversation between me and another person talking about my crush on a guy, lol. They weren't being nosy, it was with great intentions as I was going through a rough patch and had difficulty opening up about serious matters to them and my therapist. I don't blame them for snooping, it was a perfectly rational response to what was going on

Anyway -- I still denied that I'm gay and made up a really far fetched excuse as to why I spoke about men in that way. I don't know whether they believed me but we've not spoken about it since. They made it very clear that they're okay with me being gay BUT I was the one who couldn't take it and totally refused to speak about it, ahahaha...