Measures to "nip problems in the bud" were announced by the Governmentyesterday as part of its respect agenda. As Children Now went to pressthese included plans for a National Parenting Academy to focus onteaching parenting skills.
"We need to address what causes young people to behave anti-sociallyrather than just their anti-social behaviour," said Pam Hibbert,principal policy officer at Barnardo's. "We don't want to see morepunitive enforcement-type measures."
The announcement comes as a broad coalition of children's organisationssaid that there were "serious inconsistencies" in Government policytowards young people.
The Inter-Agency Group, which includes local authorities, police andvoluntary sector representatives, highlighted tensions between the youthgreen paper and the respect agenda. They say that proposals to denyentitlements to young people who offend or behave anti-socially will notbe effective.
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