JPSY_V1_N3_Art2 Sarah L. Herald-Brown Karen P. Kochel Gary W. Ladd Journal on Educational Psychology 2230 – 7141 1 3 8 13 school engagement, teachers, parents, peer rejection, friendship, victimization Children's social relationsips have been linked with various indicators of their school engagement. This overview of the current literature examines evidence concerning the processes through which children's relationsips with teachers, parents, and peers positively or negatively contribute to children's engagement in school. In this paper, we advance the argument that peers have a more direct and substantial influence on children's school engagement than either teachers or parents. Moreover, we contend that the influence of parents and to a lesser extent, teachers on children's school engagement is more often circuitous than direct. Specifically, we argue that parents and teachers impact children's peer relations, which in turn, bear on children's school engagement. November 2007 - January 2008 Copyright & copy; 2008 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=441