The Parent's Role in Discipline

Parents are encourage to participate in the education of their children. Without the cooperation and support of parents, the school cannot effectively help a student reach his or her fullest potential. The major role of parents in discipline is to continually show the child that they are interested and supportive of how their child is doing in school. When the child sees that mom and dad are actively interested in whether or not he is doing his best, the student is given a real incentive to strive for excellence. Parents will be informed when their children are working to reach their fullest potential.

Parents may periodically be asked to support the teacher in helping the child to learn a particular skill such as independence, or remembering homework, or how to take responsibility for her own behavior, or how to handle anger in a mature way. If parents are asked to help teach a skill of this type, the school staff will provide specific information on different ways to accomplish the goal.

If there is a severe of recurring problem, parents will be asked to help the school staff teach the student an alternative set of behaviors. In such a case, everyone must recognize that the goal is to help the child learn to get along in the school environment so the child can be successful when going on to junior high school and high school. By working together, parents and staff can help the student learn behaviors that will increase his chances of success.