Children do better in school and do better in life in general when their parents are involved in their education. Researchers have found that children do better in school if their parents are actively involved in their education.
But sometimes parents don’t help much at school because of things like work demands, busy schedules, teens’ demands for independence, lack of understanding about the benefits of helping at school, etc.
Even with these problems, we think that parents will go out of their way to be involved in their children’s school if they know what it will do for them. Some schools also try to make things easier for parents by giving them a variety of ways to get involved.
In this piece, we talk about 10 good things that happen when parents are involved in schools. But first, here are some ways you can be involved in your child’s school as a parent.
Parental engagement in school is when parents are actively involved in their kids’ education and the school community. This can be done in many ways, such as by going to parent-teacher conferences and joining the Parent-Teacher Association, keeping in regular contact with your child’s teachers, going to school events and helping out, talking with your child’s teachers during open day events, helping with homework and school projects, or advocating for policies that will help students at your child’s school.
Having parents help out at school has a lot of benefits that all parents should take advantage of.
Here are 8 good things about it:
8 Benefits of Parental Involvement in Schools:
1. Increased Motivation and Engagement in Children
When their parents are interested in their schooling, kids are more likely to try hard and do well. Going to your child’s school events like the open day, sports day, concerts, PTA meetings, etc. and keeping track of his or her academic successes will encourage your child to work harder. When your child sees that you believe in him or her, it makes him or her more likely to believe in himself or herself. This makes kids more interested in schoolwork and hobbies.
2. Improved Behaviour in Children
As your child sees you taking part in his or her school events, he or she will act better. As your child starts to work harder in school, he or she picks up good habits like hard work, being responsible, making sacrifices, etc.
Also, if you are interested in your child’s school, you can see when he or she is acting badly and help him or her stop by rewarding good behaviour and discouraging bad behaviour. When kids behave better, the school setting is better and they get along better with their peers. So, you, your child, and the school all win.
3. Improved Academic Performance
Children who have parents who are interested in their school do better in school in the long run. This is because if you go to school events like open houses and get to know your child’s teachers, you can keep a close eye on their growth, help them when they need it, and encourage them to do well in school. This will finally help your child get better grades, do better on tests and exams, and do better in school overall.
4. Better Understanding of Children
As you participate in your child’s school events and talk to his or her teacher(s) and school administrators, you will learn more about what is going on in the classroom and how well your child is learning. This will help you talk to teachers and other school staff better, which can help your child do better in school.
5. More Support At Home
When you help out at your child’s school, you learn about his or her strong and weak points. This knowledge helps you figure out how to help your child at home in the best way.
Parental participation in schoolYou can help your child at home by giving him or her a place and time to do homework, checking on homework and projects, talking to your child every day about what he or she did, having high expectations and standards for your child’s learning, promoting literacy by reading to your child, buying books for your child and reading yourself, limiting and keeping track of TV, gaming, social media, and computer time, and so on.
6. Encourages Children to be more involved in activities
Your kids can do more than just schoolwork at school. They can take part in many recreational activities. When your child sees you at school events like plays, sports days, art shows, etc., he or she will be more likely to join in because he or she knows you will always be there to support him or her.
7. Good Parent-Teacher Relationship
Communication between parents and teachers is an important part of getting parents involved in school. Most of the time, this helps you get along well with your child’s teacher(s). The two of you can then work together to help your child do better in school.
8. Increased Child Confidence
Parental involvement helps a child feel better about himself or herself. Your involvement in your child’s education, such as through school clubs and events, shows that his or her education is important and respected. This helps your child feel better about himself or herself.
9. Teacher Enthusiasm
Parents helping out at school is good for more than just the kids and their parents. It’s also good for the teachers. Teachers who have more help from their students’ parents are better able to connect with their students and clear up any misunderstandings they might have had before. This is good for your child because it makes it easier for his or her teacher to pay attention to his or her hobbies and skills.
10. Opportunity to Ask Questions
When you are interested in your child’s education, you can use parent-teacher associations to question policies and bring up problems that need to be fixed. If more parents are active, the school and parents could talk to each other in a positive way, which would be good for both sides.
It is important for a child’s general success and future success that their parents are involved in their schools. By being involved in your child’s schooling from pre-school to high school, you can offer support, encouragement, and guidance. This will help your child be more motivated, behave better, do better in school, have a better educational foundation, and be better prepared for the future.
