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When mandatory reporting requirements undermine trust-based youth relationships

I run a youth program and kids keep telling me about problems at home, but if I report everything I'm supposed to report, half these families will be investigated and the kids will stop trusting me.

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A youth worker faces how surveillance obligations can destroy the very relationships that allow children to seek help and support.

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