ABSTRACT
Children's success in school depends greatly on their family background. This chapter describes the various actions parents may take which influence the educational process of their child. There are different contexts in which parents become involved. They include involvement within the home and family, in the community, and in the school. The chapter examines two kinds of student reported discussion with parents: discussion of current school experiences and talking with parents about planning the high school program. After school supervision is different from most other forms of involvement studied, because rather than specifying a provider it asks whether a need of the child is met. Parents may choose to send their child to extra classes outside school. Some classes like music, art, and dance may be chosen by parents to provide the child with extra cultural enrichment. As a form of involvement in child's education, volunteering has a more diffuse character than other forms of interaction with the school.
