"Regardless of how close you are to your child, they will still choose to hide details from you. That is actually very normal and it's hard to accept, but it is important to accept."
"Unless it's a safety concern and it's an urgent safety concern, it really should be left as the last resort,"Professor Yap said.
"It's just as important, if not more important, for the parent to focus on, 'How can I maintain that close trusting relationship with my child?'"
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"We actually need to teach them how to interact, how to be safe, how to deal with different things that come up,"she said.
"I think it's really important to point out that it exists, let's not pretend there's no ocean,"she said.