Parent Involvement Quiz

How involved are you in your kids’ lives? How do you work to make them comfortable confiding in you? Check out your parent involvement skills below. Would you respond in a different way?

Check all the things you do to let your children know that you are listening carefully and taking what they say seriously.

a. Make eye contact.
b. Remove all distractions.
c. Ask questions about what they have said.
d. Repeat what they say to show you have heard them.
e. Keep your tone of voice quiet and without judgment.

How often do you let your children know you love them?
a. Once a week
b. Occasionally
c. Every day

How do you encourage your children to share their problems with you no matter what they are?
a. Show them that I take their questions and concerns seriously and without judgment.
b. Tell them they can tell me anything.
c. Try to fix any problems they bring to me.
d. Tell them they need to solve their own problems, because I have too many of my own to deal with.

If your children attend school or preschool, how much time do you estimate you spend with them at school or on school projects?
a. 1 hour/week
b. 2 hours/week
c. 3 hours/week
d. More than 3 hours/week

How much time do you spend doing things with your children one on one?
a. 1 hour/week
b. 2 hours/week
c. 3 hours/week
d. More than 3 hours/week
How much time do you spend doing things with your family?
a. 1 hour/week
b. 2 hours/week
c. 3 hours/week
d. More than 3 hours/week
How much time do you spend doing things with your community?
a. 1 hour/week
b. 2 hours/week
c. 3 hours/week
d. More than 3 hours/week