Parents play major role in a child's life, but more often they depend entirely on the school regarding the child's academic performance. And, when the child fails to meet their expectations they blame the teacher and the school.
According to a new study, parent's active involvement and participation is the basic principle that decides a child's academic success than the qualities of the school.
"Our study shows that parents need to be aware of how important they are, and invest time in their children -- checking homework, attending school events and letting kids know school is important," Dr. Toby Parcel, a professor of sociology at NC State and co-author of a paper on the work, said in a news release. "That's where the payoff is."
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the University of California, Irvine joined hands to analyze the point (parents involvement) and included 10,000 students, their parents, teachers and school, as part of a national study.
During the study, the researchers analyzed two factors - family social capital and school social capital. The relationship between parents and their children like trust, open communication and parent's active involvement in their child's studies come under the category of family social capital.
Providing a positive environment and platform for learning, like quality of teachers and their ability to maintain a positive relationship with the students and extracurricular activities of the student include in the school social capital.
At the end of the study, researchers found high level of family capital making students to perform better compared to students with high level of school capital.
"In other words, while both school and family involvement are important, the role of family involvement is stronger when it comes to academic success," Parcel said.
Results of the study have been published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.
