Families ABC Guide to Success Begins with the Basics

Best coaches go back to basics (Coach Wooden putting on shoes and socks) http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/wooden-shoes-and-socks-84177

Basics (Coach V Lombardi “This is a football”) https://jamesclear.com/vince-lombardi-fundamentals

As a parent, you lay the foundation for your child’s future; playing a key role in your child’s academic and social development (https://www.avid.org/parent-resources). According to research, it is the responsibility of families/parents to coach/guide their children’s developmental upbringing for success in schools with an increasingly pressing need to support the school’s social and academic programs (Comer, 2009; Darling-Hammond et al., 2019).
Become co-workers with your child’s teacher; help establish consistency between the home and school to everyone’ s advantage (Wyrick, 2013).
Caring atmospheres at home promote success at school; and a Courageous child
Dinner, recent studies link meal time with kinds of behavior parents want for their children such as higher grade point averages (GPA), resilience and self- esteem. http://www.pz.harvard.edu/projects/the-family-dinner-project
Engagement of parents improve student achievement, reduce absenteeism, restore parents’ confidence in their children’s education (Epstein et al., 2007).
Focus on helping your child to understand the truth and the purpose of
Give LOVE
Homework is essential to school success. Here are other things to do at home. https://www.mother.ly/parenting/31-things-your-kids-should-be- doing-instead-of-homework
Insist on proper behavior at
Join forces with other parents for supporting
Keep a positive mind about
LOVE, respect and LISTEN to your
Make efforts to understand the teacher; and for teacher to understand
Navigate-help your child to navigate issues of bullying, self-doubt, depression, sadness etc (contact faith-based, school counselors, other professional support including teachers).
Organization of materials help promote Keep an organized binder.
Provide a loving environment at
Quiet time to reflect at Send note to school to allow prayer time for your child.
Respect your children, teach children to respect you and
Savor times of laughter and fun
Teach your children to obey you and authorities and to stand for T
Undo a fixed-mindset. Promote a “You can do it growth mindset!” https://www.mindsetworks.com/parents/
Vision, create a vision for your family
Writing—encourage children to write, journal, letters, poems, feelings
X – eXamine all suspicious behavior and talk about
Yes, say yes to rebuilding to restore the school
Zone out and make home a home every day; a safe haven is

I dreamed I stood in a studio,

And watched two sculptors there. The clay they used was a young child’s mind

And they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher; the tools he used

Were books, music, and art.

One was a parent who worked

With a guiding hand and gentle, loving heart.

Day after day the teacher toiled

With a touch that was deft and sure; While the parent labored by his side

And polished and smoothed it o’er And when at last their task was done,

they were proud of what they had wrought.

For the things they had molded into the child Could neither be sold nor bought

And each agreed that he would have failed

If he had worked alone.

For behind the teacher stood the school And behind the parent, the home.

~~~~~~~~Author Unknown

Resource for William Wirt MS 2019 Family Night, “How to Help Your Child at Home” Dr. Brenda Davis and Ms. Tiffany Murray, MBA