<p>I usually don’t think it’s necessary for the parents to meet the GC without the child unless there is something private the parents want the GC to know, or a big parent/child disconnect they want to make the GC aware of. For example, if the parents have not been able to agree on some important issue, they might share that with the GC, but not want to discuss the disagreement in front of the child. Or perhaps the child feels that he does not want to disclose an LD diagnosis, but the parents feel that the GC needs to know in order to give helpful advice. There’s no reason to have that fight in the GC’s office, which is what will happen if the child is present at the meeting.</p>