Adding to my action research plan....Parental Involvement vs Parental Support

We in public schools tend to overly generalize about parental involvement without examining the specific circumstances that may be relevant to each case. For example, there should be a distinction made between parental involvement and parental support.  Many of these same parents are often faced with difficult choices requiring them to accept jobs that will not allow them to have work hours that are conducive to their children’s educational hours.  Though not an ideal situation, many of these parents in between their work duties and other primary  responsibilities that are often necessary to keep the family functioning, does attempt to be as involved in the educational process as is possible and therefore they do provide parental support , they simply cannot provide parental involvement.