The proposals, seen exclusively by CYP Now, have been set out by family charity coalition Kids in the Middle in a briefing expected to inform the forthcoming families and relationships green paper.
Consisting of 29 of the country's leading family charities and children's organisations, the coalition wants any changes in family policy to be underpinned by a set of government principles akin to Every Child Matters, called Every Family Matters, based on consultation with parents, children and extended families.
"What really matters to children are happy families, where the adults are co-operating with each other around the child, and that has not been the focus of government policy until very recently," said Duncan Fisher, director of Kids in the Middle. "Family and children's services need to be able to offer relationship support but they have not been given the resources, skills or confidence to do it."
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