Child of our time?

[theschoolonthehill]

I searched but can’t find a thread about this. I missed it and can’t seem to watch on iPlayer. Does anyone know why? Do I have to wait fir the three episodes to air first?

And finally, the ‘children’ are now 20? Is it good?

Not moany brats at all. I think the main 3 were all brilliant and, if anything, showed a great deal of wisdom and emotional intelligence despite their earlier years. I'd have loved Eve as a midwife and james seems to put together a decent bit of grub.

Would have loved to see more of the tins and of Will. I always worried for his mother, tbh. She strikes me as quite vulnerable.

The Welsh girl was Megan, @theschoolonthehill. She got maybe one sentence. The Open University link upthread has a longer video with her.

@ Haworthia. Thank you. Will was the other one I wondered about or rather I wondered about his mother.

I missed it. Hopefully see it on catch up. We’re the twins in it? Alex and Ivo? I think one had gone to Canada last time. What about the triplets?

I think Will’s mum seemed painfully shy and very downtrodden at the beginning. Not that her husband seemed to be putting her down in a nasty way but rather he had expectations of how he liked things to be including his wife and children and she complied. However, as the years went on she definitely became more assertive and gained in confidence. She found her voice and realised that her opinion matters. Interesting that Will still plays tennis as he seemed to rebel against it when he was so fed up of practice.

The twins were in it but not the triplets. The twins are both at the same Scottish university.

The little girl I always remember was the one who was born very early, sole survivor of triplet. Phoebe? She had a mop of blonde hair.

Think the survivor of three was Helens? Born at 25 weeks?

Really hope Tyrese is doing well, it always resonated how hard his mum worked to make sure he had a positive view of his ethnicity and was so sad to hear she’d passed away before the last instalment

Alex and Ivo, the triplets, Helena etc are all interviewed here: www.open.edu/openlearn/tv-radio-events/tv/child-our-time-updates-the-participants

I'm very confused - according to Wikipedia there were three Charlotte's/Charlie's who took part in the series:

Charlie: Charlie's mother Toni was sixteen when she fell pregnant with her daughter Charlie. Toni's mother and grandmother also had babies early. Toni split up with Charlie's father before Charlie was born and fell in love with electrician Rob Plaster. Rob treats Charlie like his own daughter and he and Toni have had two more children Kayla and Alex. They have separated since. Toni works as a nurse.

Charlotte: Charlotte Langeveld was born as a result of IVF treatment to parents Richard and Jacqui. She had a twin brother, Alexander, who was stillborn. Her parents married three months after the birth of Charlotte's sister Jasmine, but have now divorced. They try to remain amicable for the sake of their daughters.

Charlotte: Charlotte Goldsmith was born in Essex. She has one older brother and her parents Emma and Paul separated six months after her birth.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_of_Our_Time

Which one of these was on the programme last night, who was in the care system and now has a son?

First one I think.
Was the pushy tennis mother on it? I remember when the child was about 8 and being driven around after school for his coaching. The mother was very reminiscent of one of the 7ups who had been brought up very middle class and was desperate to fit in and do the Right Things.

Helena was one of my favourites when she was younger. Such character from a tiny little girl.

This is awful. I watched every episode over the years but have no recollection of Charlie who was in the care system. The other Charlie was born to a teenage Mum and lived in Kent, the Mum trained to be a nurse. They didn't feature last night. So many of them haven't been mentioned at all, such a shame. Eve is wonderful.

@ACupOfCoffee The third Charlotte was known as Lottie in last night’s prog.

I think Lottie from last night is the second one - footage of her with her sister Jasmine.

The one in the care system is the third one. She referred to her older brother.

The first one, born to the teenage mum, didn’t feature last night.

I’m sorry I missed this- my son was born in 2000, so I was really interested in following it. I think he would’ve agreed to it as a young child, but would’ve refused as he got older, which might be what has happened with some of the others.

I'm sure I read a while ago that either Tyrese's mum died.

theschoolonthehill that was Helena, I think.

I stand corrected, it was Megan.

Was Will the boy whose male family members were all vets and the mother had been a cleaner and put on a vair posh accent?

Was Will the boy whose male family members were all vets and the mother had been a cleaner and put on a vair posh accent?

Will was the one whose mum who had been a solicitor I thought (at some point when he was older she opened up about regretting giving up her career).

They are about a year ahead of my DS1, I loved it when they were all young but found it increasingly difficult to watch, an intrusion, as they got older.

I watched bits last night but had to keep muting it. I was shocked how much adversity there has been in a relatively small group.

I was surprised that 3/25 twenty year olds are parents, 42% of them now had divorced parents. I thought the UK divorce rate had decreased. As a social study, the programme is compelling.

I’m 12 years older than them and have watched the series most of my life! Was really disappointed that so few were featured last night. Thought all of the main 3 who were came across really well - lovely young people who have overcome some difficult things. It was also a really good reminder that money and material things are not what matter to children - a loving environment is what’s important. I have a toddler DS now and sometimes worry about providing for him. It doesn’t really matter.

Didn't you think their outcomes to date were pretty much in line with what you'd have expected?

Agree that it would have been good to feature more of the 'children' to give a proper sense of ending.

There can't just be this one episode with a cherry picked few, surely

Perhaps many declined to appear

I agree it was very disappointing that so few of the children (and their parents! I was always as interested in them as the children) were featured. The single mother Toni was one of the ones who stood out for me (I probably identified with her) so I was very disappointed that she wasn't shown.

I have no memory of a girl being brought up in care, but I do remember a little boy who had a deprived upbringing compared to the rest and had to move, I think due to domestic violence, and wasn't shown again.

I remember reading about Charlie being taken into care at around the time. But because of this, they could no longer film her til she was 18.

I think it was the same for the little boy with the single mum.

I've just remembered I had the book but it's in the UK and I'm stuck in Italy.
I was going to look them all up.