This is a hypothetical for now but something I might face as my grandkids become teenagers. I was just thinking about the question of grandchild/grandparent confidentiality and if there are circumstances under which you would not tell the parents but try to help the child. Let’s say they were pregnant and you knew the parents would throw them out of the house. (This is not likely to be my situation.) But if they had romance troubles or had tried marijuana once, for example.

Do you think a parent’s right to know would always trump the grandchild/grandparent relationship or not?

(Looking for a semi-serious discussion so off-topic comments will be flagged.)