Scotland is following England's lead by introducing parenting orders to combat youth offending.
A national pilot of the orders will start next April with funding from the Scottish Executive, and will run for three years.
Local authorities and children's panels, which decide what action to take to deal with young offenders, will be given the power to apply for a parenting order where a parent has refused to engage voluntarily with support that is offered.
Parenting orders were introduced in England in 2000 and around 4,000 orders were issued by courts in the first three years.
The Scottish Executive will provide 2m a year of funding from its antisocial behaviour pot to help local authorities with the pilots. Another 1m will be provided in the first year to help councils prepare for the pilot.
