The Scottish government’s national parenting strategy includes investment of £18m over the next three years to improve access to information, advice and support for parents throughout their children’s lives.
Meanwhile additional help, including a new website and £500,000 to pay for family counselling and mediation, will be provided for families going through relationship difficulties.
Pamela Park, chief executive of Parenting UK, said many of the commitments are mirrored in the Families in the Foundation Years policy statement and other documents issued by the coalition government.
But she said the Scottish strategy references the particular challenges that face parents of teenagers, and commits to making sure that information and advice is available to all parents of teenagers.
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