 Usually we, as parents, think that it is solely our child’s responsibility to do well in the test, to get admission in a good college and get a good job. Parents believe that by providing children with a good home environment, access to a good school and books, and by lecturing them on the importance of the tests, they have done their duty and it is up to them to now prepare and succeed.
But the fact is that except for the 2-4 hours (depending upon the test) where we can’t have a direct impact on the test results, we definitely contribute to success or failure of our children. Children learn from us on a daily basis certain concepts that help them prepare for the academic tests such as SAT, ACT, GMAT or GRE as well as the real-job situations.
They learn from us:
• How to handle success
• How to deal with a failure
• What to do when things go as we had expected
• How to handle stress and anxiety
• How to focus on short-term versus long-term objectives of our lives
• Etc.
 Indirectly or directly, these are the behaviors that also impact their test taking strategies and preparation plans. There are much of things that we can do. Read the list of them.
Prepare
Just as your child is preparing and familiarizing with the test format, test requirements, you as a parent should do the same. Get familiar with everything related to the test so that you can double down with your child in getting and filtering through the information, have a fruitful discussion on where to focus, and what are the areas where she may need help. Try to be as prepared (except for actually solving the questions) as you would want your child to be with test related information.
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