The one common denominator across research findings on quality of school education is that parental involvement has a significant effect on children's achievement and development even after all other 'parental factors' such as socio-economic indicators and educational levels of parents are sidestepped. If all the factors affecting education, related to parents, are accounted for, parents emerge the most important catalyst of educational achievement for their children.
To be honest, it must also be added that empirical studies also suggest that good parenting may not always show as great academic performance of children but poor parenting almost always shows up as weaker academic performance of children; poor parenting must be avoided.
The most important and good news about the impact of parenting is that it is not a prisoner of the parents' economic, social and cultural context and more tightly tied to the inherent quality of behavioural component of parenting. Good, committed parenting can be found amongst all social classes and ethnic backgrounds -a great news for parents as much as schools in the sense that culturally sensitive 'positively impacting parenting habits' might be strengthened in every family.
The book is about the set of beliefs, practices, knowledge and approaches found as the common denominator among Parent 3.0. The book brings out the elements of the ideal ‘education friendly home’.