| It seems that when our children are in
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| | success.
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| the elementary grades, parental
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| | But the one common characteristic that I
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| involvement in their day to day school
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| | observed among most successful high
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| activities is easy. Attending PTA
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| | school students was that of continued
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| meetings and school plays, serving as
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| | parental involvement during the high
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| homeroom mom, and even helping with
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| | school years. In doing some extensive
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| homework assignments keep us connected to
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| | research on the subject, I discovered
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| school life and help us keep a close
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| | study after study that overwhelmingly
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| watch on our children's progress.
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| | indicates that parental involvement in
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| But for most parents, as their students
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| | teen education is directly related to
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| progress through school the monitoring of
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| | increased achievement.
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| their schoolwork and activities gets a
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| | So, what exactly do we mean by parental
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| bit more complicated. When the kids reach
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| | involvement? What form does it take
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| junior high and high school, they have
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| | during the high school years? Actually,
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| several different teachers and the
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| | it can take many forms. Attending school
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| academic demands become more advanced.
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| | functions, frequent communication with
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| There are also fewer activities that draw
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| | teachers, monitoring of schoolwork,
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| parents into school life at this level.
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| | responding to requests from the school
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| Teens become seemingly more independent,
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| | for interaction, and taking an active
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| translated they don't need (or want) us
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| | part in your teen's preparation for the
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| as much, they become mobile, and all of a
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| | transition to life after high school are
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| sudden it becomes more and more difficult
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| | integral components of what parental
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| to keep up with what is going on in their
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| | involvement should include at the high
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| lives, both academically and socially.
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| | school level.
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| In my 29 years of teaching high school
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| | The structure of most education systems
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| mathematics I, like most educators do,
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| | seems to be constantly changing,
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| witnessed varying degrees of successful
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| | sometimes with good results and sometimes
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| parenting of high school students. Of
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| | not so good. This instability deems it
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| course, there are many variables involved
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| | almost necessary that parents take charge
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| in each individual case. Teens are very
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| | of their children's education. Even the
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| unique creatures; what works for one may
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| | best of schools may have overloaded
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| not work for another. One teen may be a
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| | teachers and too few resources.
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| very successful student despite having
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| | Parents must take a pro-active role if
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| little, if any, parental guidance.
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| | they want their child to be a successful
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| Another might have parents doing "all the
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| | student. Not surprisingly, this is just
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| right things" and still venture into
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| | as important during the high school years
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| areas that are detrimental to their
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| | as it is at the elementary level.
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