Church Attendance Boosts Student GPAs
If you want to boost your teenager's grade point average, take the
kid to church. Or, a new study suggests, find some similar social
activity to involve them in.
church attendance
has as much effect on a teen's GPA as whether the parents earned a
college degree. Students in grades 7 to 12 who went to church weekly
also had lower
dropout rates and felt more a part of their schools
students whose parents received a four-year college
degree average a GPA .12 higher than those whose parents completed high
school only. Students who attend religious services weekly average a
GPA .144 higher than those who never attend services
regular contact with adults from various generations who serve as role models
parents are more likely to communicate with their friends' parents
develop friendships with peers who have similar norms and values
more likely to participate in extracurricular activities
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