The new school rules have put counselors in a terrible dilemma.
Counselors, however, are more aware of the disadvantages that mainly spring from the effects on relationship building caused by non face-to-face encounters.
Trained volunteer counselors comfort, advise and protect children and young people who may feel they have nowhere else to turn.
Counselors take careful notes of their meetings with young people and these are rightly kept entirely confidential.
Not all couples can afford or find private counselors or mediators to help them resolve their difficulties.
