What can we parents do to help our children reach their potential in school?

hi lynn!that's what i wanted to do when i'l have my own child. I think giving time and attention is really important. In this way, we could notuce our child's potentials and help them at the same time...

Actually, parents can hardly do anything in this field. They can only help their children at the beginning. Parents have to teach their kids the patience, curiousness, ability to deduce,..After several years, they just guide their children to maintain those things. That's all. Their children have to help yourselves, no one can do that for them.

Hello,lynboobsy11,i think every children will have their own potentials,they should have something they really good at doing,may be it is a good thing to let them try to do different things and develop more interests so that they can find their strengths and utilize their potentials in what they are good at. Teachers is also important in guarding the children to find their potentials,they should encourage students to have a balanced growth rather than just focus on acadamic.

My children have both received private tutoring when necessary. School is very hard, especially when they are in high school and they need to get individual attention in certain subjects. I am lucky enough to offer my children the option of having a private tutor, but we have also used private educational support as well.

me and my wife did the same thing like what yo've done to your kids,i've got only 2 kids same as yours my son is on the 3rd level in high school and my dauther is in 5th grade too. actually my wife is a teacher of my son in their school so she's role in to one,a mother and a teacher.so far we dont have much any problem to guide them and watch them since my wife is a fulltime guard of my son in school.they know how we really look after them we also teach them to set their own goal to pursue their dreams.

Well I'm not yet a mother but my mom use to send me to private tutoring when I was in grade school and it seems to work. She also give me small gifts as a reward for earning a big grade. And we earn honors she will give us big rewards like buying us a new phone or giving us the shopping money we need to buy the cool shirt at the mall. Try this it did work out on me and my sibblings. You might think that it won't work with your college daughter but it will coz I'm a college student myself.

If the children are above 10 years, then you can tell them plainly that school is the place where on can learn maximum and by getting highest marks, future education is easy. Also ensure that you do not give them any work at home, let them play well, avoid watching TV for more than 1 hour, assist in home work if it is difficult (no spoon feeding), and try to tell them to understand the subject and then write the answer instead of by-heart the topic where they miss words and sentences while answering. Above all, ensure they go to school leaving all the problems at home. Make school going an enjoyable place. Do not put pressure to perform at a level by comparing her classmates. Never do that. These are the few tips which we follow. It worked well for us.

Hi. i am not a parent and not at all a school going child any more, but what i feel is that the most important thing for a child at the age when he or she starts going to school is the company of the parents or their elder brother and sister. You should yourself go to pick your ward to school and to drop him to the school and when your child tells you something about what happened in the school, listen to him and give some kind of reaction to it.

I don't have children (at least no yet), but I pretty much know what I'll do to help them when they're at school. I'll do my best to make them enjoy reading. Reading anything. Books, magazines, newspapers, comic books... It will certainly help them to reach their potential in school. Of course, if there's an specific subject they don't understand, we'll work on that. But I think reading will help them with all subjects at once.

First and foremost, we parents should always be proud with whatever accomplishments our children can achieve in school. That is a major booster for them, that they can feel that they are making us happy and proud. As for my son who's in preschool, everytime he has assignments, I guide him in answering those homeworks. I never answer it myself because I'm not helping my son in that way. It will be only teaching him how to be so dependent on Mommy. I always encourage him to think for himself and make a judgment of his own. From what I've experienced so far in adjusting to my son's school activities, it's not easy to be your kid's "extension" teacher. I have to be honest though, that my patience had been thoroughly tested especially when my son doesn't want to review his lessons. But in order to help our kids reach their greatest potential, we parents should always maintain our support and understanding. And to never ever forget that even a small accomplishment that our child can do is a very big thing already. By showing them that we are very proud for that accomplishment can greatly level up their confidence and make them more excited to do more.