Spending time in their child's classroom provides parents with valuable insights into their own child's learning experiences. The need for parental involvement in children's academic lives goes beyond school, however. Children are very susceptive and absorb many of the behaviors of those around them. The time parents spend with their children is very precious, and they can serve as academic role models. Parents can teach children through their own behavior that education and knowledge transcend their functional value of making money.
R aising well-rounded children to achieve academically to their highest potential is difficult.
It takes a system including parent, school, and community focused on providing the effort and support to help students learn. This goes beyond just voting or just being a role model, but involves orchestrating many variables to create an environment where a child wants to learn, is prepared to learn, and is motivated to work hard to learn.