Recent reports said that Prime Minister David Cameron of United Kingdom calls for parents to learn how to control their children and raise their children properly by attending parenting classes.
The Guardian reported that Cameron is going to announce the plans for some parenting class voucher schemes. "In the end, getting parenting and the early years right aren't just about the hardest-to-reach families; it's about everyone," Cameron said. "We all have to work at it. And if you don't have a strong network support -- if you don't know other mums or dads -- having your first child can be enormously isolating."
"Of course, they don't come with a manual, but is it right that all of us get so little guidance? We've made progress. We've dramatically expanded the numbers of health visitors, and that is crucial. But that just deals with one part of parenting: the first few weeks and months."
He further added that when it comes to play, communication, behavior and discipline, parents need more professional assistance and training with these aspects. After all, parenting has been tagged as "the most important job anyone could ever have." The prime minister also believes that parents of this generation need to think about attending parenting classes as a normal and usual practice -- taking it as something really aspirational.
Telegraph.co.uk likewise stated that the parenting classes plan would likely have a "nanny state" approach to the private lives of families. However, Cameron considers that all parents, not only the families from "depressed backgrounds", must learn the right strategies and techniques to be great parents.
Mr Cameron tends to also announce the £70-million fund that would be allocated for the relationship support and counselling, which is expected to help 300,000 more couples for over the next five years. More so, it will then train more than 10,000 professionals in counselling and inhibiting relationship breakdown. Some activities and programs include the likes of Marriage Case, Relate and One Plus One wherein they helped 160,000 couples.
"Families are the best anti-poverty measure invented. They are welfare, educational and counselling system all wrapped up into one. Children in families that break apart more than twice as likely to experience poverty as those whose families stay together. That's why strengthening families are at the best of our agenda," Cameron concluded.
