The Most Important Thing Parents Can Do at
Home to Help Children Do Their Best in School

John H. Wherry, Ed.D.
President, The Parent Institute

The overwhelming conclusion of parent involvement research over the years is that what parents do at home has a critical influence on their children's success in school. And, if somehow we could gather all the researchers in a room and ask them to name the single most important thing parents could do to help their children learn, I am confident they would answer: “Read to children, listen to them read to you and help them build a love of reading.”

That's why The Parent Institute has developed the Building Readers newsletter and a variety of other materials which schools can use to encourage parents to use the powerful influence they have on their children to encourage reading.

The following are excerpts from the latest research. (The complete summary of this selective parent involvement research is also available on our "Free Resources" page).

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