Posted on 11/22/2006 9:15:15 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
A team of "supernannies" is to be sent to some of Britain's most deprived areas to help parents control antisocial children, Tony Blair revealed today.
The parenting experts will be sent to 77 areas with high levels of unruly behaviour, teenage pregnancies and truancy from school.
The £4m scheme will also force the parents of disruptive children to attend parenting courses.
Writing in the Sun newspaper, the prime minister claimed the initiative would tackle the root causes of crime and disorder.
He said the experts would "be able to step in - either through one-to-one support or in group sessions - to offer a helping hand to parents who are beginning to struggle with their children before the problems get out of hand".
Mr Blair denied the scheme would involve "interfering with normal family life", adding: "Life isn't normal if you've got 12-year-olds out every night, drinking and creating nuisance on the street with their parents not knowing or even caring."
The plans coincide with a government-commissioned Mori poll revealing that 85% of people think bad parenting is responsible for bad behaviour.
Commenting on the findings, the prime minister said: "This should be no surprise given the huge popularity of television programmes in which experts help parents with their problem kids."
More details of the "supernanny" scheme will be revealed by the home secretary, John Reid, later today.
However, Paul Cavadino, the chief executive of the crime reduction charity Nacro, said blaming parents was "unproductive".
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More episodes of SUPERNANNY from the people that brought you the Nanny State
-Eric
No different than what the public school system does to our children here in the US.... forced use of stimulant and anti-psychotic drugs to get the same results.
No, Mary Poppins is dead. Who's yer nanny NOW???
U.S to send 'SuperModel' Nannies to address ... well, just to adress, that's all.
That was my first thought, too.
It took the dog whisperer to tame Cartman.
Looks the the leader of the "School of Whoopass"!lol
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Being tackled by Supernanny would not be the worst thing in the world.
The problem is that the parents with the out of control children are in the other 15%.
Anti social behavior is a massive problem in the UK. Our kids are sadly, the worst behaved in europe. The government has tried a get tough approach, and while it has had its successes, overall, the situation is pretty bad.
She's not unattractive, but she does look like she might make a good linewoman in a WNFL or something.
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