Parental Attention and Academic Achievement of Expatriates' Children

Children should feel that their parents are interested in their education and that they are more concerned on their achievement. Parental attention has much to do with the academic achievement of students. Attention to children¿s academic matters, concern over their physical and mental health, interest in helping them at home, providing the needed infrastructure, communicating with teachers and friends, inspiring to achieve high goals, beefing up with instant rewards and after all establishing a good rapport with them are the major elements of parental attention. Parents should get along with the children and take care not to make wars to them at home. Children must feel that they are safe and sound with their parents. Both father and mother have the responsibility to provide apt parental attention to their wards, though it may vary in certain aspects. Inadequate parental attention is the cause of poor academic achievement of the students. This book is deals with the importance of parenting and the influence of parental attention on the academic achievement of the school students.