The parents and teachers play a significant part than peers in keeping the teenagers engaged in school, the researchers have discovered. These results challenge the most common held belief that the peers have much influence on the lives of teens, as per a report submitted by the University of Michigan. For the research, the investigators observed data from approximately 1500 students and they were questioned when they were in 7^th, 9^th and 11^th classes. The questions were mainly concerning the engagement of the students with four things mentioned below:

• Engagement in extracurricular activities
• Compliance with the school rules and regulations
• Value they placed on education and
• Identification with their school

These students were also questioned about the support that they got from their parents, teachers and peers. As per the expectations, the student’s school involvement reduced with time and the decline was more prominent amid the boys than in the girls, as per the report which was printed in the recent issue of the periodical Child Development.

The investigators ascertained that the student’s school involvement was only as possible to be positively influenced as negatively influenced by their peers. Further the conclusion also displayed that any kind of negative impact from peers can be counteracted by social support from the teachers and the adults in specific. Even though this is the stage when most of the teenagers are heading towards developing independence and autonomy, the parents and the teachers continue to be imperative in assisting them to keep involved in the school and the extracurricular activities. However this is fact for all the ethnic races and groups and amid all the economic groups that they have studied. The findings recommend that supportive parents and teachers play a significant role in adhering the teens involved in school.

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