5280 Pledge

After reading an artivle about how Denver mayor John Hickenlooper kick off a program today called "Mile High Parents", the first thing that came to my head was "That is an awsome idea!" This program is something where parents make a pledge to spend 30 minutes a day with their children focusing on their school work. This to me is a great idea because I think the most important thing in a proper education is the involvment of the paretns. If parents spend 30 minutes a day (which in a school year coincidently comes out to 5280 minutes) then it will probably help kids become more focused and possibly find a great way to bond with thei parents. The only question I have is will parents actually do it? Or will they just sign up because they feel obligated to since "everyone else" is doing it? They could always just say they were spending the time helping their kids when in actuallity they aren't. I know this is a terrible thought that a parent would lie about spending time with their kids (something they should already do), but peer pressure is everywhere and everyone is subject to it. I don't think a lot of parents would actually lie so I bet in the end this plan to get parents involved in their childrens school work is a really good idea and will end up sparking the creativity and passion for learning is the young minds of America.