What Parents should know as Partners in the Education of their Children

This article is written not to give you lecture on parenting nor to teach you on the role of parents to the education of their children because I knew it well that every parent has his or her own way of rearing his children, of disciplining them and of teaching them. Hence, this is only to help you recall and to refresh you for those supposedly our roles as parents to our schoolchildren.

With the busy life we have in earning for a living, intentionally or unintentionally, we tend to neglect in some aspects our children but this should not be an excuse because our children are our ultimate reason for living. No matter how busy we are in our work, we should reserve an ample time for our children. Many studies found out that children who lack love, attention and support from parents tend to drop from school, tend to cling to peers thus, leading them to vices and crimes. Never the poverty is the reason.

Now, let’s examine ourselves if we do perform our tasks/roles to our children in their schooling. Let’s start with the activities we have every morning. Before our children go to school, what should we do as parents? During lunch break? At night time, do we confer with them, asking them what transpired in the whole day?

Conferring with our children is very important step in knowing our children well. It’s not enough providing them for their needs and wants but most importantly, knowing them fully- which can only be attained through constant and open communication with them.

Do we have that interest in knowing our children’s status in school? Have we ever visited our children’s teachers, asking them how/s the academic performance of our child? Have we attended school meetings and parent-teacher conferences? Do we always remind our children to their homework or to review?

If you answered YES to all those questions, it’s not yet late, make up for this coming school-year and the coming more years. Let’s make the education of our children one of our top priorities in life.

Parents, your constant communication to the teachers help you know further the strengths and weaknesses of your child in school. Teachers are regarded as second parents of the school children. So there’s a big need for parents and teachers to always work hand in hand in the education of the children. Virtues and wisdom learned in school are brought home. Values and practices at home are in return brought to school.

 It is not correct then that parents put all the responsibilities on us teachers in the schooling of their children. It’s not enough to just send them to school. Let’s take an effort, a sacrifice of meeting half-way, of doing your part as parents and doing our part as teachers. It is in this way that we could achieve a very ideal partnership in the education of our children.