parental engagement
Parents actively participating
Parental engagement is the involvement of parents in their children's education and development.
The term appears frequently in educational policy and school communications: Research shows that parental engagement improves academic outcomes.
It encompasses activities from helping with homework to attending school events to communicating with teachers.
The phrase implies active participation rather than passive support.
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- moral developmentHow values form
- role modelingDemonstrating behavior worth emulating
- unconditional loveAffection given freely, always
- quality timeMeaningful interaction period
family bonding · dinner table · reading aloud · meeting · open communication · conflict resolution · positive reinforcement · decision-making skills · character building · classroom observation · mentorship programs · show and tell · report card · stress management · homework · test preparation · permission slip · hug
parental engagementparental neglect
Failing to care for dependents
hands-off parenting · non-involvement · uninvolvement · benign neglect
parental engagementemotional neglect
Failure to meet feeling-needs
emotional unavailability · parental rejection · unresponsiveness · emotional distance
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