It flanks that with a series of humdrum observations, such as“all parents need support at times”and“parents and carers bringing up children in difficult circumstances may need additional support”.Given the overwhelming banality of those statements, I am relieved that the Government is taking the time to gather more informed opinion.Although the Government’s aim to make Scotland “the best place in the world to grow up”is an excellent example of Salmond’s much-cherished blue-sky thinking, we might want to begin by making Scotland the best place to grow up in the European Union or even in the UK.As my colleague Neil Bibby observed in a debate in March, the Labour Government of 1997 to 2010 made children and young people a top...