  urlLink Help is at Hand Home : Weblogs : Learning Blog : 2003 : Parents support gives children the best start : "'Young children whose parents understand how to help their children's education do better at school. They can speak and count better than those whose parents don't. Simple things, like regularly reading to babies, make the world of difference. 'The role of parents can be more important than that of the teacher. We would not be carrying out our public duties properly, if we were to ignore the clear evidence that good parenting is vital to improving children's life chances. " 
