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| Parents have a massive effect on the future of their children, and getting the amount of time you spend with your child right and making good use of that time is always a difficult issue. The Department of Children, Schools and Families said: |
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| "Parents’ influence is the single most
important factor in shaping their children’s
well being, behaviour, achievements and prospects – it outstrips every other factor
including social class, ethnicity or disability
in its impact on attainment. |
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| "Activities such as
reading with children, talking to them and
their teachers about what they have been
doing at school, helping with their
homework, or discussing subject and career
options can make a real difference. |
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| "Parents’ participation in activities with their
children can have a significant effect on
educational achievement [and] this effect
continues into adolescence and adulthood93." |
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| - excerpt from "The Pupil and Parent Guarantee" booklet issued by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (page 66, parts 320 - 321) |
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