"Children have the greatest chance of reaching their potential and becoming positive members of the school community if schools treat parents as partners" We all want to help our children be successful at school. No one wants to see their child struggle, because it leads to frustration and anger. Sometimes if a child struggles, it can lead to a sense of failure and negative attitudes about school which leads to disengagement. Parental involvement is a key element in a child's success in school. When parents take time to build vocabulary with their children through small conversations, such children enter school with a larger vocabulary than their peers who lacked that experience. Many educators love seeing parents volunteer in the classroom, help children with homework by checking it to make sure it is correct and attend school events to support their children. That involvement helps to build a stronger school community. The home-school connection needs to be balanced. Children need to be allowed to make mistakes and correct them. Children often learn valuable lessons through those mistakes. It helps build resiliency and provides life lessons that will help them in the future when they enter adulthood.