Parenting is an application of love in our daily lives. Our children give us the opportunity to experience and express love, every day. As parents, we have a very unique relationship with each of our children. We interact with them on so many different levels at the same time. We can be a parent, teacher, friend, chauffeur, psychologist, adviser, disciplinarian, coach, referee, or whatever!
Parents play the biggest role in the student development. Father and Mother play important role in our mental, physical, social, financial and career development. They help student/children in every step of our life. Parents are the most precious gift of God for humans.
Parental encouragement and support for learning activities at home combined with parental involvement in schooling is critical to children’s education. They enlarge parental and community capacity, Parents can create conditions in which children learn more effectively.
Experts believe that a parent’s role in a child’s life has far-reaching impact. Parental involvement is extremely important for a child to do well in school. Some parents may think that it is the teachers’ role to teach, not theirs Children don’t start and stop learning only during the school day.
If parents are involved with their children at student life then students develop better social skills and show improved behavior, improved education.
Research shows that parent involvement can help improve the quality of schools, raise teacher morale, and improve a school’s reputation in the community.
- Role of the parents when Student is in Primary schools:
In the age of childhood Parents role are very important to help them to become good students to develop their Cognitive, social and problem solving skills. Positive parenting also affects their responses and helps them grow up to as better humans. Interaction and stimulation are very important in the early years. It is all about recognizing problems, handling all situations well and picking up the traits of discipline, time management and effective problem-solving through simple routines at home.
Children observe (Parent’s –spousal-relatives) interaction and how arguments are settled in the family. It teaches them a variety of good values that are imbibed and crucial to growing up. The child learns how to behave with others, playing to a common goal, team spirit, picking right friends and a lot more. These all activities are observed minutely, here parents role take place to stimulate Student life in better social development and can help students to behave good in school time.
Reaching age-related milestones is not the only goal. Children learn about being healthy, exercising regularly, being a team player, having the right diet and growing in a conducive environment through the play and learn way. The right guidance from parents can inculcate in children/student a good regimen of exercise and diet to achieve ideal physical development. Parents should remember that children lead by example.
- Role of Parents when Student is in the age of Adolescence
In the age of Adolescence mental Development of students is very important. It is a big responsibility for the parents to help the child learn innovatively, accepting failures and overcoming them, understanding discipline, accepting feedback and the award and punishment concept. It governs their response to stimuli, thus moulding their minds. These things help child as students during school time to be empathetic towards the person who suffers, also make a good balance during the failure and success to shine like a good personality.
Spiritual Development in the age of adolescence is very important –Here Parents responsibility take place to make understanding for religion, prayer, knowing right from wrong, being empathetic, having the right ethical values, valuing your parents, teachers and strengthening goal setting liberates the free spirit in children. Teaching your children to be more accepting and believing in the greater good can help them gain a sense of purpose. Try not to confirm them to any particular religion and let them explore spirituality on their own.
When students in the age of adolescence, parents need to be emotionally Present- Encouragement and love yield good fruit only when they are cultivated, worked on, nurtured & pruned. Show your child that he is loved all the time and that you are always there for him, no matter what.
Students ,when they are growing as adolescence, parents need to communicate effectively to understand their needs -Talk to the child and hear what he has to say before jumping to conclusions. In every conversation, make sure you think from your child’s perspective and let him express himself. Remember, positive feedback is always better than negative punishment or blames.
If parents wish to see their child to be good at school life, Parents responsibility play an important role at their behaviour part, they need to be Affectionate to All- Children pick up what they see/hear at home. To a child, using harsh words, quarrelling loudly, fighting constantly, incorporating bad habits and swearing feels absolutely normal if he sees the same at home.And later this behavior come in student’s life and he behaves the same in school with their peer groups and teachers, in result students overall development and academic performance also go slow.
To build your child as good student and to prepare him as good citizen for our nation , help your Child to understand The Importance of Speaking Right and Honestly -Make sure your child values honesty, especially when it comes to matters that involve relationships and money. Teach him that no matter what, he should speak the truth and stick to what he says. Also, inculcate in your child a sense of responsibility.Which also help him to perform a better student in school life .
In last would like to add that – Just remember supportive families encourage each other to learn and offer the possibility to be better.