<p>“That’s just going to mean a bunch of students who need mental help (or for that matter, other sorts of medical help that they don’t want parents to know they are getting) who will no longer seek it.”</p>
<p>I’m worried about that, too. I’ve seen a lot of kids, especially though not exclusively those with immigrant parents, whose families have strong negative cultural beliefs about mental health care. Some parents will pull the student out of school or overreact in other counterproductive ways if they find out the student sought counseling.</p>