The Importance of Communication between Family and School for Parents

Abstract

Communication between the family and the school plays a major role in the educational and pedagogical process. The school needs the support of the family, with whom the student spends most of his time under its care. Therefore, cooperation between the family and the school must take place through mutual participation, embodied in traditional contact with the school by parents, parents’ participation in school activities, and the follow-up of schooled children at home and in the school environment. This reflects the extent to which parents perceive the importance of communication between the family and the school. This constitutes the problem of our study, whose results showed that despite the existence of communication between the family and the school, it remains only relative, that is, according to urgent need. Most parents do not contact the school except when there is a strict necessity, or at the request of the school, or upon the insistence of their children only. In addition, they do not participate in various school activities, and even their participation occurs only when their own child is directly concerned. Moreover, despite parents’ interest in helping their children at home, they do not pay much attention to accompanying them to their schools. Therefore, unfortunately, a lack of parents’ awareness of the importance of communication between the family and the school appears.