THE city’s first “Super Parents” have been put through their paces.

A total of 18 Liverpool families have become the first in the country to pilot the scheme which hopes to tackle broken communities.

Broadgreen, New Heys and Holly Lodge have been running the scheme for the last five weeks, and it has proved so successful that five more will launch in April.

The Families and Schools Together (FAST) scheme invites parents back to the classroom to restore family values.

The aim of the American-style initiative is to re-establish family roles, responsibility and accountability within communities which may have been plagued by family dysfunction.

At an after-school session at Broadgreen School, parents and children were brought together to make a family shield and encouraged to play family games.

The structured afternoon saw parents separated from the children and encouraged to chat with each other.

Through games, exercises and topical discussions, the initiative hopes to empower parents as role models.

The ultimate aim is to create a network of “Super Parents” which share their good parenting with families in their community.

Parent Glen Cunningham, from Old Swan said: “I don’t normally get involved and it’s sometimes difficult to talk to other parents.

But I’ve enjoyed spending time with my daughter, Ellie, and meeting other parents from the school.”