Parenting involvement refers to the activities and specific behaviors of parents in the process of raising and educating their children, which is an important factor affecting children's growth and development. Studying parenting involvement helps to improve parents' education of their children, so it is paid attention to by scholars at home and abroad. This paper clarifies the parenting research, including the concept, measurement and factors of parenting involvement, and discusses the potential impact of parenting involvement on children's academic and mental health. In the future, the tools of parenting involvement can be further improved, and its mechanism more detail can be deeply explored.