Parent Involvement and Children's Academic and Social Development in Elementary School

Children, their families, and teachers completed measures at pre-kindergarten and grades one, three, and five to consider the benefits of parental involvement for the academic and social development of children. Higher parent involvement promotes better social skills and fewer problem behaviors in middle childhood, but is unrelated to average achievement across elementary school. Between-child variation in the average level of parent involvement was generally not predictive of growth in achievement and socio-emotional functioning across elementary school.