CHILDREN whose mothers help them with their studies and communicate regularly with their teachers are more likely to do well in school examinations, a study here has found.

Those whose mothers control them by making them feel guilty are more likely to fare poorly.

A separate study here backed up these conclusions with the finding that children whose parents are warm towards them and communicate well with them tend to behave better in school and achieve better results.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.