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Consider designing social mixing programmes around activities that parents would see as a benefit to their children (for example, developing skills in computer programming). Provide parents with detailed information about programme goals and activities and what kinds of supervision will occur during the programme, along with an opportunity to ask any questions they may have, before asking them to provide consent for their own children to participate. Also, consider inviting prior youth participants and their parents to speak at informational sessions about upcoming programmes so that parents who are new to the programme can gain reassurance of the programme’s value and benefits.