[Evans, Marv]

Ask any teacher and they will tell you how important parental involvement is. Parents need to be involved on the student side and the teacher side. Plus I believe what you do depends on your kid's personality. Some respond to punishment, some respond to rewards, some respond to logical interaction with grown ups, some don't respond to anything. So parents have to be perceptive as to what approach or combination works. Even if things don't work out exactly as you would desire, just "being there" helps a lot. Kids can't always be expected to figure things out on their own without some guidance.