How might it be to have a child who always gets outstanding academic performances and always behaves well?

It might be right to wonder which parents do not want their kid to display such a perfect image of being both a genius and obedient. That could be surely the dream of every parent! Yet, it might not happen like the way they always think it should or want it for many reasons. In fact, here adequate involvement of parents and family members in the education of a child is what is highly needed. Good education is not only a question of getting good marks at school; kids’ home environment plays a vital role in determining what kind of person the kid will become oneday. If parents want their kids to behave well and be successful in the future, they should above all participate in decision-making related to their education. Through parents’ participation, they create an environment that would allow interaction between both sides to take place. Then, it would facilitate the learning process of their children that spans over their lifetime. At the same time, it would probably encourage them more to study harder as they feel more secure seeing that there are people who really care for them and genuinely get involved in their well-being as a whole. Indeed, they feel comfortable wherever they are, whether it is at school or at home.

Here the issue is about how and what parent could do more in helping their children attain their goals both as a student and as a responsible grown-up in the future. To do so, parents and teachers should first be collaborative in making these things happen. It is the best and surest way how parental involvement would operate. In fact, this is a process through which parents and the school work together to improve the child’s education experience and academic performance. Some examples of parental involvement may include engaging in a discussion with the kid about their education experience after classes; helping them with homework; getting interested in what they do by knowing which school activities they chose to practice or get involved in and most importantly attending them; transmitting parental values and taking part in parent-teacher conferences. These are only school-related examples but there are more others that are likely to have more positive impacts on the whole education of a child, like how parents would raise their kids outside the school context; and correspondingly, it may surely engage more family members. Indeed, this is not a one-sided involvement process that includes only parent but also very importantly the entire family and other people such as caregivers.

Sources: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) / parentingforbrain.com