A–Z Glossary

Confidentiality

Privacy is a child’s or adolescent’s right to keep some thoughts and personal information private while still sharing safety-related information.

← Back to A–Z Glossary

Search results for: Confidentiality

Helping children participate in parent-teacher meetings

Helping children participate in parent-teacher meetings

Why children’s participation matters Adults often hold different parts of the same picture. A teacher may observe task completion, peer interactions, and classroom behavior. A parent or caregiver may notice sleep, mood, homework patterns, physical complaints, or changes in confidence. The child has direct knowledge of effort, worry, confusion, belonging, and what helps them persist. […]

When to seek professional support

When to seek professional support

Why asking for help is a parenting strength Many parents delay seeking support because they hope a problem will resolve, fear being judged, or worry that a clinician will blame them. In reality, professional support is most effective when families seek it before patterns become entrenched. A pediatrician, family physician, psychologist, psychiatrist, licensed therapist, school […]

Building honesty in children

Building honesty in children

Honesty is a developmental skill, not just a rule Adults often think of honesty as a moral decision: either a child chooses the truth or chooses a lie. That is partly true, but incomplete. From a developmental perspective, honesty depends on several capacities that mature gradually: impulse inhibition, perspective-taking, memory, language, emotional regulation, and the […]