Poor Kids

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Anyone watching?

I think also you can look too hard at what they DO have, the dirt and the mess - not realising that often depression accompanies living in poverty....

MollieO you're right, and so self-aware. Can't help noticing a certain difference between those two and the bradford kids

just turned this on, where is it?

all over the place I think - first were from bradford, second scottish, third leicester I think, not sure about these girls though.

well, exactly - there are a lot of people living in poverty who are depressed, and probably grew up in poverty too, so have few coping skills.

I used to teach children like this. Very sad.

state of that room! those poor kids :( not even curtains at the window :(

Different places, I think. Some in Glasgow.
Not much point decorating a wall that's covered in mould, is there.

I assume there must be other issues rather than childcare for why Sam's dad isn't working. I think both Sam and his sister will survive their childhood and succeed. Not sure about the others.

wow - self-fulfilling prophesies at that age - that's a bit depressing.

I used to visit houses like that daily in my old job, i forgot how depressing it was :(

sam is in leicester in either braunstone of saffrom lane by the look of it. the girls are in bradford and paige are in the gorbals (sic) in glasgow.

this is bloody heartbreaking - the older sister talking about trying to kills herself because everything was so awful. fucking hell

Aw bless her cottons when she saw that house! :o

I was brought up by my widowed mother. She was very unhappy and had very little money, but our house was clean and we had wallpaper and curtains.

Look how happy she is!

But yes, someone should sit down every fecking MP and MAKE them watch this.

Yes I have done youth work in London and met these children. Children with 100 year old eyes, a bitter sadness in their faces. My most moving movement was with a very difficult little boy who spat and swore all the time, would not sit down or look me in the face. He had no self-esteem. I got him doing jigsaw puzzles and while he concentrated, we chatted. On my last day he gave me a note. 'I love you, miss.' I gave him a hug and I swear he didn't want to let go. Broke my heart.

igggi, i'm not making any distinctions, i am very aware that poverty equals lack of choice but the blame lies with councils and housing associations surely? Mould is not a thing that happens to people when they are poor.

you cant :( its a nasty circle that is so hard to break, spent years trying and working my arse off.
I dont understand how it gets this bad? I missed the begining, have they ended up like this because they spent ther money badly or just that the beniefts systems lets some families down in the worse way :(

i reconize those old head on young sholders, god sometime i miss my job and these wonderful little kids

God it's awful isn't it ? I want to get my kids up to watch it ..they have no idea how lucky they are ... I grew up in a home with very little money - but we had beds and bedlinen and always enough to eat .... It's horrible to thin of those kids tonight .. In those rooms .....

And omg that poor child's eczema.... I just want to go and bring one of them home

Does anyone know who to donate to .. To help children in poverty like this ?

why is Sam staying inside, go outside lad, we had little money growing up, and we spent everyday outside in summer. And for love of god why no sheets on his bed, that just breds germs and makes him sick :(

Maybe try the Child Poverty Action Group Duritzfan?