• Make education a family priority and emphasize the important role education plays throughout life
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• Help your child develop good study and work habits
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• Schedule daily home study time. Help with homework when needed
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• Contact the school to get tutorial help with subjects that pose learning difficulties
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• Help your child develop and achieve academic goals.
  
• Comply with the school’s phone-in policy to report your child absent.
• Be aware that STI caller leaves a message with the home to report your child absent from school. If you believe that your child is in attendance, call the school immediately.
  
• Explain how dropouts have more trouble getting and keeping jobs and make half as much money as graduates.
  
• Take every opportunity to build your child’s self-esteem
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• Lavish praise when your child does well in school and other activities
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• Meet your child’s teachers and other school personnel – especially counselors. They can provide important insights into the child’s school performance and suggest ways for improvement.
  
• Get to know your child’s friends and classmates. They can influence your child’s school performance. Lack of friends or problems with classmates can also affect school performance.
  
• Learn to identify the symptoms of teenage drug and alcohol abuse.
  
• Seek treatment for any drug or alcohol issues that your child may have
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• Take time to discuss issues, subjects and course materials being covered at school
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• Help your child develop an interest in extracurricular school activities such as sports, band, clubs, etc.


• Get involved with the P.T.A., similar parent organizations and/or your school board
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