often the two have different reason for interacting. While teachers most often initiate communication with the parents because of academic or behavioral conerns, parents communicate with the teachers due to more “proactive reasons and their initiated contact is positively associated with achievement” (Hill 2006). There are theories that associate parental involvement and the academic performance of children, such as the sociological and psychological theory. The sociological theory banks on the premise that the educational attainment of children is largely affected by the involvement of the parents. Involvement in their education may include such factors as financially providing for their schooling as well as in taking
