Schools are substitute parents for about 12,000 hours of your child's life. In this series of eight programmes Maureen O'Connor and Barry Turner (with your help) plot the crisis points of school days and arm you to make the best decisions along the way.
They tackle the question of how much control you have over what happens to your child in and out of school, the limits of parental choice, what you can expect from education, when and how to exert your rights. How much do end results depend on you, and how much on schools?
Parents' comments, questions. criticisms and contributions are a vital part of each 25-minute magazine.
Producer FRANCES BERRIGAN Preview: page 27