For the past 10 years, schools have been required by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act-No Child Left Behind (ESEA-NCLB) to develop meaningful family engagement practices that provide welcoming environments to parents. However, for parents who have had negative experiences in school, either as a student or through interacting with their child's teacher and school staff, feeling truly comfortable and welcome may not come easy. Schools themselves often do not know how to change ingrained patterns that may have excluded parents. Work must be done in teacher preparation programs to determine how best to encourage positive relationships and provide education students with appropriate instruction in parent engagement. A trusting relationship can be built through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communication on all matters, both positive and negative. The communication should not end with parent-teacher conferences, newsletters, or greetings at the school door, but also should include engagement of parents and families in school planning. However, the actual process of parent engagement can be as diverse as the populations who attend public schools; therefore, there is no "one size fits all" answer. In this article, the authors discuss what parents and PTA leaders can do to improve current parent engagement practices.