| It is not sufficient for parents to involve | | | | Parent communication is a powerful tool. The |
| themselves in extra-curricular activities at their | | | | stronger levels of trust and attention that parents |
| child's school. Effective child management requires | | | | command over their children can also be used to |
| that they play a significant role in the education | | | | assist teachers in child management and imparting |
| process, as well. | | | | education in school. |
| There are sound parenting principles behind this | | | | It cannot be denied that, after the parents, |
| statement. After all, the bulk of a child's time is | | | | teachers play the most prominent role in a child's |
| spent with the parents at home. This means that | | | | life. The parent and teacher entities loom |
| parents tend have a far greater say in child | | | | foremost on a child's mental and emotional |
| management, and also tend to be savvier about | | | | horizon. When these two entities cooperate in the |
| which approaches work and which don't with their | | | | child's education, presenting a unified and involved |
| child. | | | | front, there is very little that cannot be achieved. |
| Moreover, they already have the child's trust - | | | | Most of the problems parents face with teachers |
| something that teachers can earn only over a | | | | (and vice versa) today stem from the sad state |
| long term. While many teachers do manage to | | | | of disconnect between them. Lack of parent |
| strike up a very good rapport with their pupils, | | | | communication with teachers allows the child to |
| the unique parent-child bond cannot be replicated | | | | view these two entities as powerful separates, |
| by teachers in a school environment. | | | | often prompting a desire to play one against the |
| Parents should leverage the advantages they | | | | other. |
| have over teachers to bulwark their child's | | | | Better communication between teachers and |
| academic performance. This will practically | | | | parents can prevent this tendency and significantly |
| guarantee their child's better grades and greater | | | | improve the child's performance at school. |
| interest in the learning process. | | | | |