Outcomes for Parents & Families Motivate includes the parenting
practices which promote intellectual development in children.
Parents who take their responsibility as their children's
teacher seriously, and who perform their teaching functions
effectively and sensitively throughout their children's lives,
are more likely than other parents to have children who become
confident and skilled learners and who attain high levels of
educational achievement. The Motivate cluster of skills is
closely related to other outcome areas in the NEPEM model,
namely Guide and Nurture. Parents who are the most successful
motivators lovingly nurture and guide their children with both
respect and sensitivity. The parenting practices promoted in the
Motivate cluster may be especially responsive to parent
education. Parents can learn how to facilitate their children's
learning more effectively. Parental responsibility for the
intellectual development of their children begins early. Recent
neurological research has confirmed social