How Parental Involvement Is Important

Much research has been done on the influence of a mother on a child’s well-being and development (Pougnet, Serbin, Stack, & Schwartzman, 2011). However, research has shown that an engaged and loving father can contribute greatly to a child’s cognitive, social, and psychological development (Bronte-Tinkew, Carrano, Horowitz, & Kinukawa, 2008; Duursma, Pan, & Raikes, 2008; Pancsofar & Vernon-Feagans, 2010; Wilson & Prior, 2010).

• Uninvolved parenting: children of uninvolved parents develop a sense that other aspects of the parents’ life are more important than they are. The child often attempt to provide for themselves, sometimes halt dependence on the parent to have a feeling of independence and mature beyond their years. Child from this environment often withdraw from social situations, this also impacts there relationships later on in life and they show patterns of truancy and delinquency.

By involve parent in the school life will be a positive influence upon pupils' programs and development. This included help in classrooms and on educational visits, and attendance at meetings to discuss children's progress. Parent involvement in pupils' educational development within the home was also clearly beneficial. As a public health practitioner once we involve parent in our policy making we will have a positive effect upon our children's learning, and practice of good life styles.

Parent involvement is generally seen to have a positive effect on childhood academics. In the

Children tend to be affected positively when a relationship is sustained between their home and school environment. There is evidence that different parenting styles practiced by parents and their specific parenting practices shape children’s’ competence, especially in the arena of educational achievement (Glasgow, Dornbusch, Troyer, Steinberg & Ritter,

The first element that would be articulated is that the fathers parenting quality has a significant and important role in early cognitive development and regulatory skills, even after maternal parenting quality is taken into account (Cabrera, Shannon, & Tamis-LeMonda, 2007; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network [NICHD ECCRN], 2004, 2008; Tamis-Lemonda, Shannon, Cabrera, & Lamb, 2004). This demonstrates that a father’s role is equally important as mothers, as this facilitates in cognitive development and the holistic development of the child (Malmberg et al, 2015). Goldman (2005), suggests that the greater father involvement in their child’s school and learning is statistically associated

How does parenting play into the development of a child is a great question one might ask. For example, when asking a kid how much do they think their parents influence them, most children don’t think that their parents have any influence on who they are or will grow into as they reach adulthood. When you think of parenting you think of feeding your children, chasing them around the house, and any other form of action that allows parents to meet the basic survival needs of a child. But parenting goes above and beyond those standard measures to ensure that their children can be influenced and supported properly in a way that enables them to have a successful life when they reach adulthood. In this paper we are going to explore the ways in which

Parent involvement is referred to as “parents’ participation in the entire educational process (Dor & Rucker-Naidu, 2012, p. 246). In addition, it describes parents’ expectations and beliefs on improving their children’s educational performance based on home and school involvement (Dor & Rucker-Naidu, 2012). Although, parent involvement is viewed as very important, some teachers do not connect with parents beyond teacher and parent conferences. Some of the possible reasons for why teachers and parents do not connect as often are: “teachers are not sufficiently trained to work with parents, contextual and cultural contexts, teachers have negative attitude towards cooperation with parents and parent involvement declines as children gets older” (Dor & Rucker-Naidu, 2012, p. 247). The purpose of this study is compare American and Israeli teacher’s definition of parent involvement and examine their perspective and attitudes towards parent involvement (Dor & Rucker-Naidu, 2012).

Parent Involvement during the primary school years is a key factor in a child’s education. Having parents or even a parent being involved in their child’s education significantly increases positivity in the classroom and at home. Children who know they have a parent or parents that check their homework, go over study guides, stay in contact with the teacher, etc. want to strive to do a better job in the classroom. Teachers, administrators, students and the parents can all benefit from the importance of Parent Involvement. Schools shape the community, and from the help of parents staying involved and knowing what is going on in the classroom, it helps policymakers decide what the best rules and procedures are for our schools. Studies show that students with positive parent involvement lead to better test grades, homework, and attendance. Even though parent involvement is important in all of the years of a student’s educational journey, involvement in the primary school years shape the path ahead for a successful student, which comes from a positive parental influence.

This paper was about the benefits of parents being more involved in their children’s educations, researchers have noticed that if more parents were involved in their children’s educations, they would have a more positive outlook on life. They have also found that more children would go on to furthering their education. Peters, Seeds, Goldstein and Coleman performed many research tests on this in 2007. There were many articles and much research to support that parent involvement influenced their children’s successful academic achievements. This paper concluded that parental involvement in education is beneficial to the children’s

Parents play a crucial role in a child's development as they "provide the first experience in life that influences the future. The atmosphere of

Parental involvement includes a wide range of behaviors but generally refers to parents' and family members' use and investment of resources in their children's schooling. These investments can take place in or outside of school, with the intention of improving children's learning. Parental involvement at home can include activities such as discussions about school, helping with homework, and reading with children. Involvement at school may include parents volunteering in the classroom, attending workshops, or attending school plays and sporting events. Parental involvement is

Parents play a major role in the developmental growth of children as they are their primary caregivers. The parent-child relationship is most poignant as children view their parents as being the most significant role models in their lives. Parental school engagement can be defined as parents’ participation in their children’s school-related activities such as attending teacher conferences, serving on the committee, volunteering, or observing and participating in their children’s educational success (Hill & Taylor, as cited in Powell et al., 2010). Parental involvement is essential in developing children that are academically motivated, engaged, and willing to succeed. The following research paper will thoroughly analyze and explain the

As the literature is being reviewed research and evidence is showing the importance of parental involvement in every aspect and in every socioeconomic class. Yvonne peril constructs research one program for involvement but first wanted to come up with a cookie cutter definition of what parental involvement was. Through research she realized that this task was very difficult. And as she review literature on parental involvement a conclusion was made that there was no consistent agreement on for across the board of what parental involvement should be defined as. In Parriel’s research she discovered that there are several elements that help us define and come up with a conclusion of what parental involvement encompasses.

Sadly, my early years of child rearing were not of heavy observation on my part!  Our home was one of somewhat traditional roles in terms of family dynamic.  I worked long hours away from the home and didn 't have the one on one contact with our children that my wife had, and enjoyed.  I of course got the play-by-play from her, but in hind sight, I was deprived of so many beautiful observations.  Our text Theories of Development Concepts and Applications by William Crain outlines human development by many theorists.  A few of those are John Bowlby, Mary D.S. Ainsworth, and  Erik H. Erikson.  I couldn 't help but reminisce about the stages of my own children’s growth while reading the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth and Erikson.  I remember having my young children with me when ever it was possible, but what attachments to them might I have missed while I was busy working or did I miss any at all?  Bowlby’s work on attachment gives a compelling argument as to the importance of attachment in the first 6 months of a Childs life.  Ainsworth’s work is focused on the idea of a child using the parent as a base for further exploration of their surroundings.  Erikson’s work on the other hand considers the role of society and culture in development.  In reading these works, the theories appear to be easily stitched together to give an all encompassing view of human development over an entire life time and how our attachment to our parents is critical to that development.