Vol. 11, Issue 3, Part C (2025)

The role of Parental Support: A parent is the person's first teacher, and parental support significantly impact their educational experiences and confidence in themselves. The paper examines whether emotional, academic, financial, or social parental involvement makes a difference in children’s education confidence. One such factor that has a critical impact on academic performance is educational confidence, that is, children who feel supported by their peers and parents are more likely to participate actively in their learning process and persevere through obstacles. Although this is an important factor, the ways in which parental support has an impact on this confidence remain unexplained. This study seeks to understand the relationship between various forms of parental support and confidence at school in children, specifically exploring what type of support encourages confidence in children within the school environment.

This study uses a mixed-methods design involving quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews with children, parents, and educators. One of the main findings is that the two best predictors of children feeling educationally confident include emotional support and actively taking part in academic activities. Financial and social support were also important but had less direct effect on confidence levels. The study also emphasizes how much more parents in lower-income households expect kids to get and stay involved in their school, and how this influences how children see themselves and their academic self-efficacy in middle-class vs. impoverished, working-class families.

The findings also indicate that best practice models of parental engagement, particularly, emotionally based methods, would go a long way in building the child's confidence, Liu said, adding that further research should also be done in this area. It also highlights the need for education policies that create access for parents to be involved in their children’s schooling regardless of socio-economic conditions. The results indicate that the more schools reach out to students’ families and maintain these ties throughout the year, the more school attendance, learning behaviour and test scores improve. Long-term outcomes of parental involvement with sustained support for the child is something that future research will help identify.