Parental involvement before birth (8)
I believe the answer is:
prenatal
'before birth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'parental involvement' is the wordplay.
'involvement' indicates anagramming the letters.
'parental' anagrammed gives 'PRENATAL'.
(Other definitions for prenatal that I've seen before include "During pregnancy" , "Prior to delivery" , "Prior to birth" .)