What do you think parents can do to help students be more sucessful in school?

This question is asking, what can parents do at home, to help better their childrens school experiences, and help them do better academically?What do you think parents can do to help students be more sucessful in school?
Parents can make sure that their kids have a good area to study and do homework... some kids prefer to do home work while watching TV but usually a quiet room is a much better environment.





Also some kids (like my younger sister) need restrictions if there grades are not where they should be. When my sister's grades were low on her report card my parents restricted her phone and computer time to one hour a day just until she brought her grades up to 85s or higher. She was really motivated to do better in order to get more phone and computer time.What do you think parents can do to help students be more sucessful in school?
Be involved---make a presence at their school %26amp; get to know their teachers---this shows their child that they care about them %26amp; their education.





At home it is imperative to take a few moments every day %26amp; go over the work that they have done that day %26amp; their homework.





Don't ask open-ended questions---';How was your day?'; Be specific--';What was the best thing that happened today?'; or ';What was the worst thing that happened today?';





Also, make sure that their children have the supplies they need in order to do their work---a spot that is theirs with paper, pencils, pens, ruler, glue, file folders, etc.





One of the most important things to teach them is organization %26amp; time management. So many children (elementary through college) have NO clue how to organize their belongings or how to do all their work in the time they are allotted. Students need to know how to break things into bite-sized chunks %26amp; finish those one at a time instead of looking at the whole project. As they accomplish each piece not only will their project seem less daunting but their self-esteem will get a good boost too!
let them do whatever they want after they do their homework.
The most important thing is to make education a priority. It can't be important to them if it's not important to you. My parents always said ';You know how dad %26amp; I go to work every day at our jobs? Well, school is *your* job.';





You can't just say the words (telling kids to study, do homework, etc) if you aren't going to enforce it. Bad grades should have real consequences, and good grades should have real rewards. Get the rest of the family involved, too. My siblings and I presented our report cards to our grandparents every year. Straight As got you $5 - not a lot, but that yearly ritual of presenting a good report card to grandma became a huge source of pride for us!





Help your kids figure things out when they need it, if they are struggling, but never do their homework for them. Sure it will get done faster, but it will also teach them that either they can't really do it themselves, or YOU don't think they can.





Don't side with your kid in the ';Mr. So-and-So only gave me a bad grade because he doesn't like me!'; debate. First of all, grades are EARNED not given - if you kid gets a bad grade, that's because they didn't EARN a good one. If they really don't like a teacher, just remind them to do all their work and behave in class, and they'll have a different teacher next year.





If there is a subject your kid hates, try to find a different aspect of it to help them relate. For example, if they hate math but love sports, study the math of batting averages and records at home - this could give them new incentive to learn math and do their homework. Look up ways to study chemistry via cooking and baking at home, and simple physics experiments you can do with household objects.





What you want your kids to learn is, even if they don't like the vehicle (school, class, teacher, homework) they shouldn't blame the material. Learning is always good, even if you don't like the package it comes in at a particular moment.
The most important thing is to get your own education. Statistics show that children of well-educated parents have much higher IQ scores. This is because the parents will generally have a larger vocabulary and a better understanding of English grammar, so the child grows up and always talks that way.


Of course, a lot of effort also has to be put into your child's education. Parents need to be involved in their children's education. They should, especially when they children are younger, so that they get a good foundation, check their children's homework and work with them. They should have conversations with the teachers about their children's progress, more than just parent teacher conferences. Parents should ask their children about how they feel concerning school and to ask them to describe their days to them. This can help to get the children excited about school and help the parents to know how to support their education, since they know what the children are doing in school. The parents should give the children as many educational opportunities as possible: read to them, take them to museums and zoos, take them camping or hiking, at places like amusement parks, explain roller coasters to them, take them where they can experience new cultures.
well, you could either do what your parents did, if you turned out well, or dont do what they did if you turned out to be an illiterate bum who failed everything. you know that kids dont listen, why would they when they know everything and you are old and know nothing? If you bring them up to read and do homework when they are young, as something that just has to be done, then you will be set, otherwise dont waste your time and sanity nagging, they will have to figure things out by themselves.
Most important: Read to and with the child from a very early age. Help the child become text-oriented early by engaging him in coloring, writing, drawing, labeling, making signs, reading signs, helping with grocery lists, etc. Give the child many experiences with things that he will encounter in academic texts: travel as much as possible to places like national parks, Mount Rushmore, White House, etc. and discuss their history and importance (and if traveling there isn't possible then watch movies and discovery channel, etc. regularly), visit museums, exhibits, various musical events and ALWAYS discuss them during and after the event. Talk about current events and what is in the news. Have the child solve real-world math problems involving time, money, measurement, and calculations. Set aside a time at home every evening for ';study time'; even during the summer when each member of the family reads and studies non-school assignments. Children who have wide experiences, a lot of reading done to and with them (even after they can read for themselves), and are included in discussions are more prepared and usually more interested in learning more.


I have reached the conclusion, based on 25+ years teaching that the mother is very important, but the father is often the difference-maker. Children whose fathers know their shoe size, fix them bunny-pancakes for breakfast, and help with homework always seem to fare better than those whose mothers are very involved--even if the family appears stable and Dad is there in his chair in front of the TV.
Support teachers and demonstrate a real respect for education. Unfortunately that respect has diminished over the years, therefore kids don't care either.