Building on the Respect Action Plan, the move is part of a package ofmeasures announced by Home Secretary John Reid yesterday (21 November)to increase support for parents of problem children, including powers toforce them to take classes.
Speaking to Children Now, Hilary Armstrong, the social exclusionminister, played down fears voiced by children's charities thatcompulsory programmes did not work and were not backed up byevidence.
Tested programmes showed that misbehaving children prospered when theirparents were forced to take parenting classes, Armstrong said. "Even ifit is compulsory, parents say they don't know why they didn't comebefore," she added.
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