Mothers and fathers across the country should follow a ‘five-a-day’ pledge to become better parents, according to a think-tank.
They must be taught how to improve their parenting skills, with the poorest families given extra child benefit if they agree to enrol in special classes.
Critics have branded the recommendations from the CentreForum ‘ridiculous’ and another example of ‘nanny state meddling’.
They come just days after Coalition ‘poverty tsar’ Frank Field made explosive claims about the tragic effect of poor parenting.
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