Are actively interested in fulfilling their responsibilities
for helping their children learn.
Understand that children are learning all the time they are
awake, with everything they do—playing, watching TV, interacting
with other children or adults, exploring how things work, actively
engaged in some activity or just passively watching the world
go by.
Understand that education is the foundation for a child’s
success in life.
Understand that they are their children’s first and most
influential teachers.
Value professional educators' advice about helping children
learn.
Are interested in specific ways to augment at home what their
children are learning in school.
Are interested in ways they can be involved at school even though
they may be working, things they can do on their schedule and still
maintain a “presence” at their child’s school.
Want to make sure that their children are developing normally.
Have access to a computer at home and access to the Internet either
at home or at work or both.
Have access to transportation to get to work and for family activities.
Are willing to spend reasonable amounts of money for children’s
books, learning games, trips to the zoo, museums or other learning activities.
Have aspirations and expectations that their children will do well
in school, will graduate from high school and will pursue further education
beyond high school.
Are interested in giving their children a head start in learning,
in helping them get the most from their educational experiences, in
keeping the doors of opportunity open to their children and in helping
their children compete successfully for access to important educational
opportunities—without being overly competitive or trying to diminish
the opportunities of other children.
Want to build upon their children’s natural love for learning.
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