There are millions of young boys and girls who struggle to keep up with their educational success. A majority of young teens first start out with having high hopes and dreams of becoming successful and achieving your educational goals. However, as the years go by many of these young teens end up becoming misguided and influence negatively. Because of the negative influence and misguidance, they end up going down the wrong path. Some of these teens end up using drugs, joining gangs, participating in violence in the school systems and even end up dropping out of school. According to Dosomething.org, more than 1.2 million teens end up dropping out of high school annually in the United States. Sadly, that is about more than 7,000 students on a daily basis in America. It is important for all parents to become more involved and engaged with her child’s education, in order for their child to be successful in the long run with their education.
It is no secret that the more involved you are with your child’s education, the more your child has a chance of being successful. Research continues to show that a majority of children who drop out of high school do not have parents who are involved. Many of those teens who dropout of high school have parents who pay no attention to their education. Parents need to understand that your child does in fact want your attention and can only succeed if you are showing them that this is your expectation of them. According to DSEA.org, studies continue to show that the more involved parents are with their child’s education, the more the student improves in their educational achievement. Parental involvement can be anything from simply reading to your child, making sure that they finish their homework every night, discussing your children’s progress with teachers, voting in School Board elections, helping your school to set challenging academic standards, limiting TV on school nights, becoming a better advocate for better education, and simply showing your child that you care.
In addition, there are also many different types of websites out there that allow you to be more involved with your child’s education. Fortunately, many schools are utilizing different programs and software to be able to allow parents, teachers and students to all connect on one website. This is one way that you can get your child to stay more motivated. It is almost like the educational version of social media. However, this website is designed to get students more active, participate more as well as motivate them more to succeed. You can search online to find out more information by searching for any student portfolios: classroom uses (office of research).
Being more involved in your child’s education is one way to help them. It is important to always encourage and motivate your child to stay focused in their education. Utilizing these special classroom websites is the new convenient way of showing your child positivity into assist them and staying motivated to build good educational habits that they can take with them into their adulthood. Your child’s success depends on the actions you take now.
