Scottish children may be sent to state-approved care centres

‘Toddlers could be placed in state-run “development centres” to give the Scottish government more control over how future generations are raised.

Ministers are concerned that some children, particularly in deprived areas, are failing to thrive educationally because they come from homes blighted by poverty, drug addiction and teenage pregnancy.

Specialists will go into family homes to check whether children have access to books and toys, and parents will be invited to take courses to learn how to better bring up their offspring.’

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