parents and principals as partners in creating a culture of learning

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community can function without anxiety in an orderly manner. Through
discipline the child realises the necessity for order in the world around him
and that some forms ofbehaviour are unacceptable whilst other are praised
(Kruger, 19%:31-32).
2.32 Majority of the parents (90,5 %) agreed that the lack oftrust, understanding
and authority between the parents and the child may be identified as the
main cause for the collapse in culture of learning. Parents remain the
primary influence on the child's cognitive, conative, social, affective,
aesthetic, moral, religious and physical development towards adulthood (cf.
4.2.2). The parent must provide adequately for the child's needs. The
child's need for love, acceptance, security, belonging, confidence,
discipline, new experiences, praise and recognition and responsibility have
to be met by parents to ensure optimal becoming (Pringle, 1987: 148-151).
The relationship between parent and child is unique in the sense that it is
based on parental love and care. The educational relationship between
parent and child is formed with the specific aim of educating the child.
The quality of the relationship has a direct influence on the success or
failure of the education act. The education relationship is founded on the
relationship of trust, understanding and authority between parent and child
(cf.4.3.4).