In pediatrics, trust means trust from parents and caregivers and, increasingly, from the children themselves. This panel examines what families need to know when AI is part of their child’s care, including:

• what a family-facing AI policy should contain
• how to explain honestly what a model was and was not validated on
• which children are missing from training data, and what that means for equity
• how consent and assent should evolve as a child grows up

Bringing together clinical, data science and family perspectives, the panel explores how institutions can earn trust that lasts.