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Anyone going to be watching this on Thursday? I fear it might piss me off!
Ten years ago, 15 year-old Kimberley was determined not to get pregnant young like her mum and sister.
Ten years ago director Daisy Asquith filmed 15-year-old Kimberley, a girl from a tough background who was keen not to blight her life with an early pregnancy. But Kimberley became pregnant with a baby that was subsequently taken from her by social services. When Asquith and her camera return to Camberwell in south London, Kimberley has another child, two-year-old Harvey, who is on the local authority's "at risk" register. Officials intervened when Kimberley's relationship with Harvey's father became turbulent. It's heartbreaking to listen to this sweet little boy who, when asked about his dad, says, "Daddy smash my door". Asquith, who is Harvey's godmother, follows Kimberley's attempts to become a "good mother" and to have Harvey removed from the register. She tries hard, and things look like they might all start to work out when Kimberley meets a new boyfriend. But nothing about this young woman and her life is straightforward.
In 1999 Kimberley was a teenager with big dreams, in love for the first time and keen to avoid getting pregnant young like her mum and sister had done. Almost 10 years later and Kimberley is now a 24-year-old mum-of-two, and Daisy has reintroduced the camera into her life.
Kimberley lives on a South London council estate in a one-bedroom flat on a budget of £110 a week. She has already had one child removed from her by social services, and now she's in danger of losing another. Her two-year-old son, Harvey, has been on the child protection register since he was a baby. But Kimberley is now determined to turn her life around.
This tough yet tender portrait of a young mum on benefits asks just what makes a good enough mother, and explores how we pass our behaviour down through the generations. Interviews with Kimberley today are inter-cut with archive footage of her as a teenager, producing a powerful dialogue between Kimberley now and her 15-year-old self.
Can Kim prove to social services that she's a 'good enough' mum, and keep hold of Harvey? And with new boyfriend Anthony at her side, will Kim be able to finally break with her own past, and build a happy family life for the future?
She isn't even a teen mum. I'm pretty sure she was atleast 20 when her son was born?! Can't be sure though x
Pretty sure it's just going to be a "if your mum was a young mum you're going to have kids young and they'll be taken off you" kind of thing..
Ahh right.
I thought she had her first who was taken away from her as a teen.
Pretty sure it's just going to be a "if your mum was a young mum you're going to have kids young and they'll be taken off you" kind of thing..
Yep typical! I wish they would show a program with some real decent young mums like us!! Im sick of all these idiots giving us a bad name!