ASSENT AND PERMISSION REJOINDER

We share Roberts and Buckloh's (this issue) concern about issues of as sent and permission in research with children and agree that our resea rch cannot conclude legitimately that (a) researchers failed to obtain permission/assent, (b) children were put at risk, or (c) failure to r eport permission/assent procedures was, in any way, unethical. We neve r made these conclusions. Rather, we argue that publishing assent and permission would enhance compliance with ethical standards, sensitize researchers and readers to its importance, and shift publishing priori ties in an appropriate direction.