Should a school know about the mental health of a student’s parents?

A father accompanies his children to school in Valencia. / efe

Judgments on the custody of minors who arrive at the school usually include “very sensitive” data about the parents

Should a school know how much the parents of a student earn or the property they own? Should you know if the father is unemployed or an alcoholic, or if the mother suffers from a physical or mental disability? This type of sensitive information appears in many divorce or separation decrees that reach schools

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