Eve is wise beyond her years and is an absolute credit to her Dad and also her late Mum. I loved her singing and playing the harp.
I also rather liked the girl from last night but can't remember her name - blonde girl who was also very, very mature for her age.
I'm afraid I choked up at Jamie describing his Dad having an affair and wishing his M & D could get back together. You could see it is still very painful for him and I think many of us forget just how much divorce and separation affects kids.
Eve always seemed to be a wise little girl, even before her mother died.. How many 12 year olds play the harp and sing like she does?
Ethan was interesting as an Asperger's sufferer and Nathan has become naughtier. It is also noticable that the children of divorced parents always want them to get back together and seem to hide their feelings from their parents.
Eve always seemed to be a wise little girl, even before her mother died.. How many 12 year olds play the harp and sing like she does?
Ethan was interesting as an Asperger's sufferer and Nathan has become naughtier. It is also noticable that the children of divorced parents always want them to get back together and seem to hide their feelings from their parents.
Agreed. That is very sad. It obviously still deeply effects them even the child who was three years old at the time the parents split up.
Eve was wonderful and the way she spoke about giving Dad his space when he wanted to cry and talk about Mum was so mature and loving. She would be wonderful working with other bereaved children.
The triplets were lovely girls too. They are maturing at different ages with Mabel slightly ahead of her sisters. People don't realise that it can happen like that. My twin started periods age 10 but I was 14.
Ivor and Alex are still adorable and always seem to have been very close. I loved the scene where both were playing the same violin.
Exactly, she would be getting more on benefits but chooses to earn a living and gets the satisfaction that she has worked for her money... She is teaching her kids well.
I hadn't seen any of these before but watched the second episode. Bit grim...
It's so obvious from these types of programmes that divorce and separation has a huge and profound effect on children. I know everyone has their own reasons but it's scary to think that 50% of the children are going through this trauma.
I'm worried about Tyreese... Getting into trouble, "it's never my fault though", gave his mother a shocking evil look as she walked across the room. His eyes followed her all the way... Oh boy. He's got 'issues'.
I don't think it's meant to be telling us anything new. It's just a portrait of a cross section of society now. There are people and situations we can all identify with, and other 'stories' that we perhaps haven't experienced ourselves but which are all very commonplace in a modern world. I think it's interesting to see real lives in snapshots like this.
Why is it interesting? Moreover a cross section of predominantly middle to upper middle class Britain with parents who love their children.
Why it becomes pointless is Wilson's need to add some kind of gravitas or necessity to this programme which simply isn't there.
Far more interesting and pertinent especially with the reforms to the UK benefits system for the disabled is the programme on C4 with a similar format following disabled children, that actually has something to say and will continue to do so as this recession progresses and the children grow and become fully aware of their second class citizen status in the UK.
The BBC wanted to axe this programme, as nice as it was, they really should have, this was a non starter.
Are the BBC planning to repeat any of the series? It is easy to forget who is who, although obviously the previous clips in the program reminded me a bit of it.
Surprised by how mature some of them are, like Parys talking about how he had to do what his mother told him to do as she couldn't physically pick him up.
The twins seem to be quite immature in comparison but I guess they have had a stable upbringing with no issues so can stay child like for longer.
I wonder how many of them will refuse to take part in this programme once they are teenagers?
I wonder how many of them will refuse to take part in this programme once they are teenagers?
Probably none of them.
In a world dominated by social media most teenagers love to document, film and photograph every aspect of their lives, so appearing in a TV documentary is probably quite appealing.
I would imagine as they are growing older they will also have some say in what is/isn't filmed etc.
It returns on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th April on BBC One at 9pm.
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In my defence, I have a reason. There's a new series coming up to discuss.
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It has died a natural death though.
Has it? Isn't the whole point of the series to follow the same children through the various stages of their childhood which makes what people said on this thread in the past completely pertinent to the series now due. Really not sure what skin it is off your nose anyway.
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I also rather liked the girl from last night but can't remember her name - blonde girl who was also very, very mature for her age.
I'm afraid I choked up at Jamie describing his Dad having an affair and wishing his M & D could get back together. You could see it is still very painful for him and I think many of us forget just how much divorce and separation affects kids.
All too short a series, I'm sure they did more at the start, but still fascinating to see how they are all getting on.
Do they stop when they are 21, I'm sure I read somewhere that is the cut of point, unlike the 'Up' series.
Ethan was interesting as an Asperger's sufferer and Nathan has become naughtier. It is also noticable that the children of divorced parents always want them to get back together and seem to hide their feelings from their parents.
I think they're following the only for the first 20 years of their life.
Agreed. That is very sad. It obviously still deeply effects them even the child who was three years old at the time the parents split up.
Eve was wonderful and the way she spoke about giving Dad his space when he wanted to cry and talk about Mum was so mature and loving. She would be wonderful working with other bereaved children.
The triplets were lovely girls too. They are maturing at different ages with Mabel slightly ahead of her sisters. People don't realise that it can happen like that. My twin started periods age 10 but I was 14.
Ivor and Alex are still adorable and always seem to have been very close. I loved the scene where both were playing the same violin.
I think babies are all fairly identical. :rolleyes:
Exactly, she would be getting more on benefits but chooses to earn a living and gets the satisfaction that she has worked for her money... She is teaching her kids well.
It's so obvious from these types of programmes that divorce and separation has a huge and profound effect on children. I know everyone has their own reasons but it's scary to think that 50% of the children are going through this trauma.
I'm worried about Tyreese... Getting into trouble, "it's never my fault though", gave his mother a shocking evil look as she walked across the room. His eyes followed her all the way... Oh boy. He's got 'issues'.
Why is it interesting? Moreover a cross section of predominantly middle to upper middle class Britain with parents who love their children.
Why it becomes pointless is Wilson's need to add some kind of gravitas or necessity to this programme which simply isn't there.
Far more interesting and pertinent especially with the reforms to the UK benefits system for the disabled is the programme on C4 with a similar format following disabled children, that actually has something to say and will continue to do so as this recession progresses and the children grow and become fully aware of their second class citizen status in the UK.
The BBC wanted to axe this programme, as nice as it was, they really should have, this was a non starter.
Are the BBC planning to repeat any of the series? It is easy to forget who is who, although obviously the previous clips in the program reminded me a bit of it.
Surprised by how mature some of them are, like Parys talking about how he had to do what his mother told him to do as she couldn't physically pick him up.
The twins seem to be quite immature in comparison but I guess they have had a stable upbringing with no issues so can stay child like for longer.
I wonder how many of them will refuse to take part in this programme once they are teenagers?
In a world dominated by social media most teenagers love to document, film and photograph every aspect of their lives, so appearing in a TV documentary is probably quite appealing.
I would imagine as they are growing older they will also have some say in what is/isn't filmed etc.
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It has died a natural death though.
Has it? Isn't the whole point of the series to follow the same children through the various stages of their childhood which makes what people said on this thread in the past completely pertinent to the series now due. Really not sure what skin it is off your nose anyway.