Provide intensive and integrated family support to turn the lives of teenagers and families around - not just for the 120,000 families the government says it has identified but for all those at risk of crisis. This should begin with a family conference to bring together families, and then work with parents and teenagers as a family unit to turn around problems, establish boundaries and develop new opportunities.
Provide practical parenting support - not just in the early years but throughout childhood. The government must provide parents who have concerns about troubled children and teenagers with the help they need to keep their children on the right track.
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