do you attend PTA meetings?  

Yes i really agree with you. + rating for that.
As for me, i always attend my son's monthly meeting at school. From that, i get to know my son's perfomance as well as some othe activities in their school. Yes, i also believe that it can affect kid's perfomance at school. for them to find out that their parents are also interested on whats happening and getting involve in a meeting will definetely a big deal for them.

yeah i do attend PTA meetings in school from my children,i believe that they are much more happy when I am the one who will attend in their school meetings, a child will envy their classmates having their parents attended the meeting at school.

We must attend PTA meetings as we cannot achieve what we want for our children if we do not cooperate and support the teachers and the curriculum. Study shows, if you put strong trust and cooperation to the teachers and the school, students experience highest levels of academic success and have a greater sense of well-being. Our children are the future. Teach them right and the future will be all right!

Parents must have positive interaction in a highly collaborative and inclusive manner with the teachers and the school administration through PTA meetings, to promote the educational goals of the school. In this way, we can build strong working relationships among parents, teachers and school, in support of our children. It is only apropos then to speak about building complete trust and cooperation among the PTA members where each resolves to pitch in and help the school develop in our children attitudes and skills and live by international standards of human rights and equity, appreciate cultural diversity, and respect the Earth and each other.

Our children are like mirrors they reflect who we are as parents. Children start out in life looking up to their parents because parents are all they have--the parent's example is all they see. Research has shown that throughout our children's lives, we parents really are the strongest influence on our children's behavior. Our kids are listening and learning from us. What we say and do as parents is heard and retained by our children. So let's start showing our children the idea that through the PTA, despite our different faiths and beliefs we can live side by side and can work together to build a society rooted in the values we treasure, that is, a culture of peace. With our differences of talents and expertise, we can learn from one another and discover new truth in raising our children in a way that they grow up with a culture of peace.

Our vision in attending PTA meetings is to develop and support partnership between parents, on the one hand, and the teachers and the school, on the other hand, each equally sharing the responsibility of providing our children with the highest quality education experience possible. We believe it is essential that all of us accept joint responsibility in the education of our children and empowering them to to meet the challenges of the ever changing world in which they live.