Many parents have multiple children, while working a nine to five job, attending family activities and meetings, and staying on top of bills and home duties. Family life can get hectic and parents may not take the time to realize their importance in their child’s academics. Some parents may be too busy, and others may simply not care, but their involvement in their children’s life is essential. Whether parents or children realize it, involvement of parents in children’s lives positively affects their children’s academic success at all grade levels, including elementary, high school, and even college. Parental involvement in children’s lives comes in a variety of ways, and the idea of how involved parents should be may vary with different…show more content…
However, parental involvement is still important with college aged students, especially when dealing with the stress of moving away from home, tough classes, and the cost of college education. Wartman and Savage, in Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship Among Students, Parents, and the Institution, share that parental involvement is especially important with the encouragement and support for their student’s choice to attend college, along with their tangible support such as providing a college fund for their student and joining the student for campus visits and other preparation events the institution may offer (59-60). Although parental involvement at this level is still important, independence also needs to be established with this new chapter of their lives. Parents should not need to help their college student budget their time or schedule times for them to get started on their homework. At this age, students should be able to handle such tasks themselves, with the prior knowledge and help they have gotten from their parents at a younger age. Wartman and Savage also add that one of the most important ways parents may be involved in their college student’s academics is to be a firm support system (91). Students may need financial and/or emotional support in which…show more content…
Jeynes, in Parental Involvement and Academic Success, notes that from birth until about the age of five, a majority of the child’s learning is quickly developed. A trend has also been observed that the earlier and more often parents are involved in their children’s academics, the greater of an effective impact is has on their child. Interactions as early as while the child is still in the womb has been found to have an effect on the child’s development, such as earlier speaking and quicker brain development (153). It is important for parents to start involvement as early as possible for the advanced development and quality of their child’s academic
However, parental involvement is still important with college aged students, especially when dealing with the stress of moving away from home, tough classes, and the cost of college education. Wartman and Savage, in Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship Among Students, Parents, and the Institution, share that parental involvement is especially important with the encouragement and support for their student’s choice to attend college, along with their tangible support such as providing a college fund for their student and joining the student for campus visits and other preparation events the institution may offer (59-60). Although parental involvement at this level is still important, independence also needs to be established with this new chapter of their lives. Parents should not need to help their college student budget their time or schedule times for them to get started on their homework. At this age, students should be able to handle such tasks themselves, with the prior knowledge and help they have gotten from their parents at a younger age. Wartman and Savage also add that one of the most important ways parents may be involved in their college student’s academics is to be a firm support system (91). Students may need financial and/or emotional support in which…show more content…
Jeynes, in Parental Involvement and Academic Success, notes that from birth until about the age of five, a majority of the child’s learning is quickly developed. A trend has also been observed that the earlier and more often parents are involved in their children’s academics, the greater of an effective impact is has on their child. Interactions as early as while the child is still in the womb has been found to have an effect on the child’s development, such as earlier speaking and quicker brain development (153). It is important for parents to start involvement as early as possible for the advanced development and quality of their child’s academic