LET’S BE HONEST Dr. Joanne Foster – www.joannefoster.ca “An open, honest, and careful response to your child’s questions, made with sensitivity to their level of understanding, can be helpful—even essential—to their healthy self-concept and continued joy in the learning process.” 1 Children need someone they trust and with whom they can talk about ups and downs, and daily events. Regardless of age, bottling things up is unhealthy. Kids have to be able to express their thought