In a new report, Parenting matters: early years and social mobility, Centre Forum says the approach would give parents crucial information and promote the view that good parenting is a skill that needs to be learnt.
It is backed by MP Graham Allen, who led the review into early intervention for the Government. The report has also been welcomed by children's minister Sarah Teather.
It argues that evidence shows the most important factor in children's development is the quality of parenting and care they receive and the quality of the 'home learning environment'.
The report says, 'What parents do is ultimately more important than who parents are. Parents from all social and educational backgrounds can and do provide home environments that are highly conducive to child development.'
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