The importance of the school-family relationship in the child's intellectual and social development

Family is the frame in which the future adult child's personality is formed, built. Children's basic education is given here and school only gives it the final shape. In order to emphasize the importance the school-family relationship has in the pupils' intellectual and social-emotional development, we have conducted a study in which III, rd grade children' parents from the educational alternative Step by step were involved. In order to improve these situations we have run a program called Together for our children's success, during the experimental phase, in which we approached 8 topics. We also saw the need to organize certain programs of parent education, not only at the level of a single educational institution, but at a national level. The parents' interest for this type of program is motivated by the pupils' growth of school performance, their development and social integration as well as by the development of social-emotional skills. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.