Junior minister Phil Hope, a former youth worker, outlined his vision for a network of support and information for parents of teenagers during a debate with young people at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Youth Summit Up conference last week.
"There's been a massive investment in the Sure Start programme across the whole country," said Hope, who also called for universal parenting education in Family Fortunes - The new politics of childhood, a pamphlet published last week by centre-left think-tank the Fabian Society.
"We've given a huge amount of support to the parents of children in the first two or three years, but I know how parents of teenagers can struggle," he added.
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