The behavior of school-going children is determined by the efforts that parents and caregivers put to ensure that all activities that the kids engage in are checked. In the recent past, truancy among school-going children has increased tremendously, with statistics indicating a sharp growth in the number of school dropouts. Truancy is caused by several factors, which include poverty, drug and substance abuse, bullying, stress, and constant failures among others (Dahl, 2016). Besides, it predisposes students to the risk of drug and substance abuse, which may negatively affect their health and/or reduce their chances of becoming employed in the future. Unemployment among school leavers is a major threat to the national security since jobless individuals tend to engage in criminal activities to satisfy their economic needs (Reid, 2013). However, as the paper highlights, parents, teachers, and caregivers need to be supported effectively in their role of addressing these issues in terms of availing the required love, recognition, admiration, and supervision to all school-going kids. Rationale for Review Strategies The review strategies used in this paper are the following: thematic review and evaluative review. The thematic review implies that it is focused on a specific theme chosen for the paper, i.e. the needs of parents or caregivers of children who demonstrate the truant behavior. This strategy was chosen as appropriate because it allows the researcher focus on a particular topic, whereas the chronological order of the reviewed literature remains less important than the topic itself. The evaluative review is a strategy that focuses on the information presented in the paper, but it does not merely state the facts. Instead, the evaluative review aims to explore the literature, provide information about the studies and their findings (including participants and procedures), analyze the discovered literature, and provide a conclusion based on the results of the reviewed studies. Such a strategy helps the researcher explore the issue more deeply, compare how different studies addressed and resolved the issue, and formulate a summarized conclusion based on the studies’ findings. Literature Review Overview of Truancy and Parents’ Position on the Subject According to Reid and Morgan (2012), the number of unemployed persons has grown tremendously in almost every country around the globe. Consequently, employers are recruiting new candidates based on merit where the best-qualified persons are the only ones who find their way to the available decent jobs. Truancy leads to poor performance and subsequent dropping out from school, a situation that increases the level of unemployment (Reid & Morgan, 2012). Research by Reid and Morgan (2012) indicates that parents of truant students tend to suffer from stress, which may predispose them to the risk of other diseases such as cardiac disorders. The participants of the study were head teachers and staff from primary schools in “the City and County of Cardiff, Torfaen, Hereford and Derby, Nant Celyn Primary and the Ysgol Plasmawr Cluster” (Reid & Morgan, 2012, p. 3). The procedures used by the authors to conduct the