Hassan (5) and Linda (7), live with their mum, Kelley (23), in a dilapidated council flat in South London. Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe - Kelley got pregnant when she turned 15 and left school. She lives from benefits, and social services visit her regularly. The household is a chaotic place, where the lines between childhood and adulthood are blurred. Kelley has problems dealing with the responsibility of parenthood, and providing for her children's...
more »Hassan (5) and Linda (7), live with their mum, Kelley (23), in a dilapidated council flat in South London. Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe - Kelley got pregnant when she turned 15 and left school. She lives from benefits, and social services visit her regularly. The household is a chaotic place, where the lines between childhood and adulthood are blurred. Kelley has problems dealing with the responsibility of parenthood, and providing for her children's material and emotional needs. For them home is a claustrophobic place that offers little affection or warmth.
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