Released exclusively to Nursery World, its new report, Helping Parents Parent, concludes that parenting has a significant influence on children’s outcomes.
It analyses evidence from parenting programmes in the UK and around the world and examines how public policy can support parents, particularly in the early years.
The report argues parenting programmes and interventions should be available to all parents regardless of background.
It says an authoritative parenting style combining warmth with clear boundaries – alongside secure attachment between children and parents and a supportive home learning environment – can lift outcomes.
The report analysed 28 programmes available to all parents and not targeted at specific groups. The literature review was commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission to bring together evidence on parenting behaviours and examine the extent to which public policy supports parents.
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