The Government is to issue £100 parenting classes vouchers to parents of under fives in a trial scheme launched in Middlesbrough, North London and Derbyshire. Parents will be able to collect the free vouchers from Boots.
Under the government's plan parents will be entitled to up to 10 two-hour sessions of advice on how best to bring up their children.
Initially the scheme will be piloted in three areas - Middlesbrough, Camden in north London and High Peak, Derbyshire - but could be extended throughout England and Wales if it proves a success.
Parents will be able to use the vouchers to buy lessons from independent organisations such as the National Childcare Trust.
Currently the courts can impose such classes on the parents of unruly children, but ministers hope that the involvement of Boots will persuade families to see them as normal as ante-natal classes.
A No 10 official told The Mail on Sunday: "We are using Boots to hand out the vouchers because it is all part of the process of making it a normal, respectable experience. If we asked people to queue up at their local social security offices to get them, no-one would be interested.
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