Parental Involvement

Parent Involvement

The personal significance drawn from the stories is the same idea I apply to my families by encouraging them to read to their children, to play and spend time with them, I should probably apply to my family.  While I am not a parent, I have one and now that I am older the responsibility falls on both of us to continue to embellish one another’s lives with love and care and other experiences

The professional significance drawn from the stories was validation.  The stories made me realize the reason I work so hard is to ensure that one day it is one of my families speaking on a video about how important it is it to spent time with the little ones.  The day when they all grasp the impact the relationships at home have on their entire development.  The stories demonstrate to the public the essential role early childhood education plays in a child and a family’s lives.  All parents stated the positive effects the experience had on them and their children and that message is powerful.

            The relationship one has with their parents sets the tone for all other relationships in one’s life.  As early childhood professionals, understanding that clarifies why it is so important to educate parents so that they in turn can provide a healthy environment for their children.  “With parents’s sensitive, responsive, and predictable care, yound children develop the skills they need to succeed in life”. (NCPFCE, 2012)

Reference: U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement. (NCPFCE). (2012).  Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes: Research to Practice Series: Positive Parent-Child Relationships. Washington, D.C.