Please cite the statute that you are referring to with respect to
consent to monitor or record calls -- I'm quite interested, as it is
relevant to my profession. Otherwise, please see, eg,
http://expertpages.com/news/taping_conversations.htm


The *legalities* in the case of listening in to your child's
conversations, BTW, really refer to the use of the information gathered
in court. (In this case, it appears that mom was going to testify
against the teenager with whom her child was speaking; I'd guess that
the teenager confessed to a crime. Just to keep this in perspective.)
I strongly doubt that any court is otherwise going to opine on the
appropriateness of a parent listening in on his or her kids'
conversations. So, the real questions regarding eavesdropping become
those relating to familial relations and trust.

Barbara