Health News Share Email Print Build your teen's trust in the doctor Teens need a doctor they can trust. Trust makes it easier to get the best care possible. And it may make it easier for them to ask about sensitive issues—like mental health, relationships and substance use. You can help your teen get a good doctor-patient relationship off the ground with these tips. Teens and doctors: 4 ways for parents to help build the trust 1. Keep up with checkups. Teens need wellness visits every year. 2. Give them time alone. Step out so they can talk one-on-one with the doc. 3. Respect your teen's privacy. What they tell the doctor is confidential. 4. Give them responsibility. Let your teen start to make some healthcare decisions. Reviewed 4/26/2024 Sources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Teen Health Services and One-on-One Time with a Healthcare Provider." https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/protective/factsheets/OneonOnetime_FactSheet.htm. FamilyDoctor.org. "Preparing Older Children to Make Decisions for Themselves." https://familydoctor.org/preparing-older-children-to-make-medical-decisions-for-themselves/. HealthyChildren.org. "What You Need to Know About Privacy." https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/Pages/Information-for-Teens-What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Privacy.aspx. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Family Medicine Pediatrics Internal Medicine RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.