Teacher Letters Homework Parent Volunteers Informal Contact with Parents References Parents are partners with schools in the effort to educate healthy children who have the skills they need to become competent and productive adults. There is no area of the curriculum where this is more true than in health education.
Children acquire their basic health attitudes and behaviors within the family home.
Even as children approach adolescence and their peers become a more significant influence on their lives, parents continue to be important role models for good health. If health education is to be effective in promoting healthy behaviors, it must actively enlist parents as partners in the process. The research is clear on the value of parent involvement. Parents, teachers, and students themselves value parent involvement. Still, there are many barriers that stand in the way of greater parent involvement.