Support for parents and families in Scotland
Parenting across Scotland aims to support families in
Scotland in bringing up their children. We do this by providing
information and support for parents, carrying out research and
influencing policymakers.
Information for parents and practitioners
For parents and families:
- We make it easier to find information and support
services by bringing them together on this
website.
- We produce a series of Ten
Top Tips offering valuable parenting
advice.
- We work in partnership to make sure our helplines meet parents'
and families' needs.
For practitioners:
Finding out what parents need
Parenting across Scotland carry out research
in a number of ways:
- Asking parents in Scotland what matters to them through our
MORI polls;
- Asking callers to our helplines about current
parenting issues, like how they are coping in the
recession;
- Carrying out studies, for example, about parents with
disabilities and parents of children with disabilities.
Making parents' voices heard
We aim to influence politicians and
policymakers by:
- Talking to politicians and decision-makers about what parents
have told us matters to them;
- Sitting on Scottish Government working groups to make sure that
there is a parental perspective;
- Running parliamentary events where parents and politicians
share their parenting stories;
- Responding to consultations about issues which affect families;
and
- Developing ideas to improve the services that parents use.
