Jean Gross, government's outgoing communication adviser has said that parents in the UK should be reminded through text messages about the importance of talking to their children.

Gross said that the message should be sent using a `full range of technologies' including phone apps, social media, texting and daytime television to lay down the importance of parents talking to their children.

She said that the parents should be reminded about how children's speech can be hampered by dummies and watching television. He was appointed the first communication `champion' by Labour in the UK.

Opponents of the plan say that it an excessive step and another example of `nanny state' meddling in people's affairs. According to estimates about 100,000 five-year old children have a lower than expected level of speech development.

Mrs. Gross said in his final report that the Department for Education should provide parents with "accessible information on how to enjoy and support their child's communication and language development from birth."

She said that there should be a national text service to encourage patents to sign up and receive information about the need to encourage speech of their children.