Council Estates' Forgotten Sons: Disadvantaged Teenagers' Battle for Brighter Futures 

Learnt? And I'm sure he knows that volunteering is good for his resume otherwise he wouldn't be doing it but like you said who wants to work for free

Read the update above, this is it in part "In November 2016 Frankie graduated Honours BA in Computer Animation (2-1) by the University of East London. He is now working as a Software Consultant with Sparta Global and is very excited about his future in an industry he loves."

They were all looking. One of them went into the army. That's not good enough for you?

He was also the convicted felon, yes?

@@DCFelix67 Yeah and not everyone's meant for a regular job, some people need more action, you can tell that guy had a bit of aggression and was very active so he would make a good soldier I think.

Glad to hear that also.

They have a right to whine, only to those who are to blame however, which is very very very very very few people, aka their parents.

Even contraceptives are fee in the UK.

The tobacco aint cheap trust me.

Biff Kelly pretty sure that was sarcasm bud.

Everyone knows to "Not Feed the Animals" in the wild because they will forget how to fend for themselves but we won't do humans the same favor and ultimately they are lifetime dependents supported by taxpayers. The requirements to be on government assistance is skewed terribly because they allow unlimited funds spent on tattoos, alcohol, illegal drug use, cell phones and internet usage, some even afford vacations. As a landlord I see those that actually need help and the enormous waste of the majority.

The cheapest form of wit Or some would say a half wit

I don't know who you are but I'm proud of you. Congratulations! 👏🏻👏🏻

You are so strong I am very proud of you too!

Nothing beats hardwork, discipline and a will to change and improve your life...

What would have happened if there was no work for you?

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He got help. A viewer stepped up and Mentored him. It was great to read that. Frankie had a bit more stability at home too.

@@Nephthys-ness he deserved it. He's the only one of the 3 featured here who has potential anyways..

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I hope so

Somebody said he already graduated and has a job.

He is so introspective, I have mad respect for Frankie.

Blessings to you.

God bless you and your family. You are a true fighter. You deserve the good things in life!

Good for you man, you deserve every success.

@Jammy joe no more RACISM

You are amazing!

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fana406 bless your heart dear soul. Your parents likely want you to be happy and love them back the best way you know how. Thinking kind and loving thoughts to you for your mom and dad. 🌈

fana406 sending love and encouragement ❤️ you’ll make it through to the other side. I have faith in you!

fana406 Hope you were able to realize your dreams for yourself & your family. Well Wishes from Fla‼️

The best gift you can give your parents is succeeding and being a good person.

Keep your head up... God watches everything... and everything has its time I believe in you ... my prayers and hugs sent your way... I am you ...💜

Hardworking and successful is not the same thing, kid.

@@roserevancroix2308 you can be successful in many ways, not just financially.

@@roserevancroix2308 it is bro....if i explain in physics, Hardwork is directly proportional to success.. The sooner u realise and understand, more successful and happy u become... But people often point out that even a labour does hardwork and so does a office person.....so whats the point of hardwork ...but the theory they dont understand is a office person can lose his/her job and be poor or unemployes as craigs mom. They dont work hard to try for another challenging job or to sart from zero or try to change themselves, they just accept the situation as it is... But always rememeber a labour never goes unpaid....

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Clothes probably fake copies from market.

@@paultaylor6821 or second hand

Adidas is cheap though, you can find some even at thrift stores.

Adidas is cheaper than Walmart

None of these people are actually poor. Poverty pretty much doesn't exist in the West and when it does it is usually self-inflicted.

It's not by coincidence this is happening in a country with vast numbers of social injustice and income inequality. More prisons, more homelessness, more social deprivation than any other country in Western Europe. Next stop privatized prisons by Virgin Group. That's where it is heading. I moved from being penniless in London despite having 2 degrees finding it impossible to even get a job interview to a business owner in Ethiopia running a sustainable agribusiness business. There is no future in the UK or the West.

I never understood this. .nor participated ....God bless them through their journey...

@@roserevancroix2308 that is very true. i am a single mom raising my daughter by myself..i think the equality has made men not wanna work or support their family's. when you're only one person you cannot be at home with your child and at work..it causes alot of sadness and stress to know not one person will watch your child so that you can have a job and support your child.you feel like your stuck in a cycle and hole that you cannot get out of..not only that the drug epidemic has caused alot of people to have to raise a child by their self.with men who dont wanna work or do anything with their life..just bum off other people including the mother of their kids.and they could care less if their child has clothes or food or a place to live. with most grandparents not wanting to watch their grandchildren so the mother can go to work saying they already raised kids and its thier time to relax at home seeing as then the husband or man supported the family and the mother didnt have to go to work and still sits at home and doesnt understand why you can barely make it or on your own unable to get a job til your child is old enough to watch theirself and be home alone so you can go to work..and all the laws now make it almost impossible to leave your child unattended even when they are teenagers, they wont even let a child off a school bus without you standing at the busstop and releasing your child to you.so pretty much even when their in school you only have from 9 am to about 5 pm to go to work around the school. their is no help with daycare most of those are only open from 6 am to 5 pm..and if you have no vehicle.you have to walk your child to daycare in a stroller.get on a bus.get to work on time.get on a bus to town.walk to the daycare.pick up your child before they close.and walk home..they need more help with daycare and transportation and single parents struggling to make it.not everyone can drive or has transportation..not everyone has family that will watch kids so you can go to work.just trying to raise children with no income whatsoever.and 10 dollars a day in foodstamps to eat on not helping you with basic needs like toilet paper diapers clothing or anything else even taking years just to get help with housing..sleeping on family members couches with your newborn no bed or anything else.in the united states is worse than the u.k. there is no help here like their is there.they are actually lucky to get help with housing and clothing and everything else. i wish i was living in the u.k. because i dont think id struggle as bad as i have

Amber Zenisek hang in there. I know it's hard. my mom was divorced when me and sister were 3 and 5. I watched my mom struggle for years. as soon as I was 14 I got a job in restaurant. helped mom pay bills, buy food. they need to hire more child support enforcers. yeah, our welfare system is a joke. you can have food stamps. but you can't buy toothpaste to brush after eating. you can't have all kinds of soap or cleaning supplies. that never made sense. I was proud to give my mom my paycheck every Friday. made me feel like the little man of the house. It was only part-time minimum wage. but it helped a little. I do not understand why some poor women, keep having kids in poverty. my mom got her tubes tied after divorce and 2 children. just keep holding your head up, don't let it get you down.

We have the same problem in Canada! Our welfare system here is like having a job without having to leave your home.

There’s worse things than smoking

You need some pleasures in life,U would go insane otherwise

@@joshuaharrington3951 well we know that, but it is the money that could be used to provide better food.

true man sad

First get out off the stupid and save yourself

@Cowardly Custard True but that does not apply for every country; even people full of determination can get stuck if their environment doesn't allow them to grow and leaving is nearly impossible. I settled for a well-paid job instead of fulfilling my career, simply because the struggle of growing would leave me with little to zero progress economically speaking.

You think McDonalds just has jobs to give anyone who walks in from the street?

@@isobella2303 Except in urban centers. That’s highly competitive. Do you even live in the U.K.?

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The one Kid Frankie graduated from University a few years back and is a software engineer

Look at growing up poor kids in the UK its eye opening and the kids are freaking amazing!! We have the same problems here in America

KRIS SCHNEIDER general rule in America the better dressed a person is the smaller their bank acct. The richest people go around in reg jeans and tee shirts. This fake it till you make it has to stop,

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Well done for hanging in there! So pleased that you finally got a job in your industry.

Well the thing is that they don’t even seem to be trying (Frankie excluded).They should do just what you and many other of us had to do. Take whatever job there is available to get started and then work your way to where you want to be. Get out there. Can’t expect everything to get handed out to you.

@@DeuKKeoN Agreed.

Also , for a man with his skills he's better off perfecting his work and doing what he wants to do effectively .

@@DeuKKeoN They want lots of money and not working at all. Too bad for them it doesn't work that way. Frankie js the only one I see has potential here.

There is a definite intelligence difference there as well

I agree with you. Where I'm from the government doesn't give anything to anyone not even to single moms

Titii tetta same.

Their babies should be all the motivation they need.

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lmao

They sure can be. Way cheaper than not getting them thats for sure

it's a downright shame that those kids are not educated enough to know the basics of life, like contraceptives, the dangers of smoking and alcool

@A Sojourner spot on. No excuse for them. Tories slogan of working out of poverty is the right way of thinking, whether the mandate has worked is another thing. But we can't keep handing out freebies.

Sure is..just doesnt feel right 😅

he was only 16 at the time so it was a general goal, anyway heres a little thing i found on this page... useless or not the goal got him through.. In November 2016 Frankie graduated Honours BA in Computer Animation (2-1) by the University of East London. He is now working as a Software Consultant with Sparta Global and is very excited about his future in an industry he loves.

RC Codes oh mad, guess it worked it well for him, good for him he’s made it out

Copy paste In November 2016 Frankie graduated Honours BA in Computer Animation (2-1) by the University of East London. He is now working as a Software Consultant with Sparta Global and is very excited about his future in an industry he loves.

Ate those words huh? No offense. But game design has been and always will be a somewhat profitable career (with the right people of course) especially now 3/2019

Brittany Hall wow I'm so offended

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Every time it would come back to Craig and he’d be punching the air, I kept coming back to this comment lmao

Emily Belhumeur what time was that at? Lol i just started watchin’ this so yea..xx

Only I, the money man, am allowed to experience intoxication frequently. The rest of you peasants are simply substance abusers.

ＴＡＳＴＹ／／ＦＵＧＵ Lol

It doesn't make any difference when you can't save money anyways.

That comment got me too. Haha. I was like, “uhm ...it’s English.”

I agree. Stop breeding, it's bad for us and the planet

It's for benefits

Exactly dont have kids unless married and can add them

It's so sad

If you take away the expensive drugs and the expensive alcohol and the working time lost due to crime and jail, there would be much more money left to raise the children. Sad you understand all the bad and illegal things and not how people have and want babies. Also they should of course get married first, instead of having them outside of marriage. Instead of drugs and alcohol buy books and instead of going to jail, work.

@bag man That's what they said, he got a career.

@bag man that is him...

Quite simple, get a job.

Yeah because it's just that easy lol you don't have a clue

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Have a baby with a child and complain that they can't support it financially. 😕

@@03298kjskdjf She's not very smart. He was 17yrs old. How old is the child's mom?

Poor people have more children because they make them feel better about their situation.. Can't afford a xbox? Have a new baby to play with!

@@UnseenThreat07 It's insane. Trying to find money for milk. Complaining that the benefits isn't enough. 😯

How come they all complain about not having money for baby milk? Their mothers are walking milk machines. Why is breast milk not an option. IT IS FREE and better for the childs' health.

i agree

But if you can't get a job, what then?

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the chickens will eat the chicken eggs too? i wondered that before.

That’s kinda messed up feeding a chicken eggs..

Every female in these documentaries is married to the government.

Our prisons in the U.S are full of young men with one thibg in common. They claim a single mother and life being hard. Fathers are the cure. Single fathers dont fill the prison system single moms do.

Well I'm American they would be your average democrats

ghost Unix: Why are the highest rates of teen pregnancy and single mother households in Republican red states?

@@martiwaterman1437 The democrats live in Republican States to Bleed us but if you re elect Mr Trump he will give all woman free contraceptives/defence classes/rape whistles and even a free trump supporters coffee mug.

It's a pattern that's hard to break. My mother had just turned 16 when I was born. My father was 17. We lived on relief. He was mentally unstable and the environment was bad. I ended up with 7 siblings. No one completed high school. All the girls were pregnant before marriage.The marriages all failed. some more than once. Alcohol and drugs are part of the pattern. So is prison. I was like Frankie though. I talked an HR person at Ma Bell into giving me a job if I could pass the tests. I did and it was the way out of the crap life. It was a career type job that paid well. I was drafted and decided to go into the Navy. Twice the time of the Army but a better education in my trade plus some. When I was laid off in 1985 I started a business in the same field, Telecommunications. Initially I was everything. I sold the equipment, installed it, handled all the office work. I didn't want to borrow to do it. I lent myself $1000 and paid it back the next month. I was using a Chevette to work from. I retired from the business 32 years later. I married at 21, she was in her last year of college and got her BS. It's 49 years now. My son is a Civil Engineer with two degrees and doing very well. My wife and I paid for all of his education so he could graduate debt free. He is a construction superintendent in Washington DC. He works at least 10 hours a day but it's what the job requires. I told him one time that I'd worked all that over time so wouldn't have to work long hours but its the life he's chosen. He's just glad not to have to travel from site to site. Some of my siblings don't bother with me. I think it's jealousy. All their children have followed the pattern of their parents. and it''s not looking better for their grandchildren. It's difficult to talk to some of them. I can't talk about my son and his success. He has a good wife and two good children. Almost all of them owe me money I'll never get back. My wife has been very good about that. We've loaned to her brothers for the down payments for their homes and they've paid us back. It's hard to break out of the lifestyle. It costs you something. I'd love to have had more time for leisure and not work 10-12 hour days but I accomplished what I wanted.

That's awesome, u should be very proud!

Same here

You don’t have to stay there!

Jag Girl Same. My oldest is away at college but she knows she can come home anytime.

@@2l2q36 revolving front door.. Lol Mind you when my daughter was 14-17, I could have throttled her sometimes.. 😯 Those hormones can get crazy. She's my best friend now at 28.. She was home the longest. Didn't move completely out until about 24. But I didn't mind. She was studying nursing.

That's usually when the government stops giving he parents money for the children. So no incentive to keep them around. Sad cycle.

You're judging people for their comments.

I live on a small disability pension and wear often branded clothes lol ! well to be honest they where given to me by people who didn't want them anymore . But I managed to pay of the mortgage on my house by myself , I live very minimalistic drink water , no half fabricated food , a couple of times a year meat , no smoking or alcohol , but every night I drink a big cup of real cacao , with other words I don't have much and need even less. And thwe best of all I'm very happy .

You can get lots of brand name stuff second hand. I got a brand name(as I was later informed) shirt off eBay for AUD $0.99! You can do well on a carefully budgeted disability if your rent is reasonable. I always put bill money aside and follow simple consistent eating patterns and can usually save a bit which is helpful.

@@Stewf123I started laughing when I read (as I was later Informed) , it tells me that just like me you don't care about brands . The same goes for the paying bills and saving part lol . All the best to you.

@@perrodehont5109 Thats brilliant.I am also cutting out more and more and have less and less .

@@Stewf123 Yes, I'm in the same situation and I am also careful with my spending but I still have a very contented life. My main concern is that my rent keeps going up every 6 months but moving costs so much that it would be a false saving to move, especially as I have already done much to improve the property for my convenience so better to stay where I am happy and secure living in a lovely place. Besides, the rent in other properties isn't much less than I pay now. As a vegetarian my groceries are a lot less than meat eaters so all in all I feel blessed to have a beautiful pooch, good people who help me when I need it .... but, if I didn't wake up in the morning I would be happy, especially as I have made arrangements for a wonderful loving home for my baby girl to go to with people she already knows and loves. She has been my main concern, but while I still breathe I am happy to live in such a beautiful part of the country and have nothing to complain about. I have been paralyzed several times in my life so I also know how bad life could be, so I have to be grateful just to be able to walk around and be relatively independent.

Itt: folks that don't know what growing up poor does to the mind

Oh please

Dead End They don’t want to work government is supporting them not to work .

Maybe they should teach them at school to keep their legs together. So many single.moms and teenage moms these days its apathetic. And the only thing media does is blaming the father and calling these stupid women "brave". Hail feminism.

fascinating how they always have money for cigarettes!

Bestwick1983 It’s all paid by hard working tax payers .

...and tattoos, playstation, designer chav wear...

Bestwick1983 they keep having more kids, for extra money, bigger house, another 18 years of welfare-benefits. It's ridiculous. In America the maximum amount welfare check is for 2 children. you do not get extra money for more children, only more food stamps, extra bedroom. 2 kids or 8 kids. check does not increase. where I live it is 355 for 1 kid 415 for 2 kids maximum. you do not get rewarded for having more children.

& a dog = $$$$$$$$$$

Chloe Borg he has designer clothes but if he has bought them way before he started living on survival. No one wants second hand clothes in exchange for cash. Only charity shops soo.. either way he ain't eating..!!

It is a bit confusing.. I’m thinking he got them before he got in his situation or maybe a friend have them to him 🤔 but here in the U.S. we can find name brand stuff at second hand stores, especially if you live in a nice area, more nice things at second hands!!

Yea maybe but where im from poor means u have nothing to wear and eat let alone have a wardrobe full of brand cloths

He's still in a so called developed nation so everyone still has clothes ya know? I'm poor af and still have a phone.

Exactly that is exactly one of the reasons why fornication is prohibited in Islam and other religions

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You’ve got to admit, this is a problem for young people. For old folks, they’re not allowed to “officially” say, “You’re too old,” so they turn you down with, “overqualified.” Too old to get hired, too young for senior benefits. Regular welfare, they look at you and say, “In less than two years you can get old age benefits. By the time you get qualified, the two years’ll be up. Better look for work.” So you get sent back to the employment office!

Probably fake copies from market

Me too. I'm just happy to eat 3 times a day back then. These kids are out of this world.. Poor but wearing brand name clothing. The nerve! 😒

I could when I bought it second-hand

@@paultaylor6821 even fake adidas/nike costs more than cheap regular clothes

Yeah. That made me sad.

Mike Kennedy Craig was an angry and very unhappy young man. He lacked guidance, love and parenting. Maybe if he hadn’t had to grow up in such a terrible situation he would be mending things. I felt for him, he was just an overgrown, lost kid.

Those young men you mentionen were mentored and molded by older men in their lives -- something clearly missing from the ones in this film.

P.S. The wonderful Mum who is feeding the youth as best she can by cooking more than they need is a saint. Let the local businesses follow her suit.

The Last King. You really believe that everyone have equal chance.. lol

The Last King. Wise advice is important also. The youth studying games design may have a difficult time finding a job. If he studies, maybe, accounting, he’d have an easier time.

Agreed, if your going to study don't waste 10 years of your life on a useless degree like gender studies or arts and literature. Get something that's in demand

Tell that to the starving kid in Africa.

Hard work only pays off when you are working for yourself. And everybody having an equal chance is bullshit,

well one thing I do know,I'd never leave you!

Have you lost your mind? He was an adult man sitting on her couch playing video games. He really took that money from a poor pregnant woman too. I couldn't believe he took that small change from her and then went and sat on a couch again. People with crap parents work every day without Mommy and Daddy's encouragement. She was crap, but he was even bigger crap in my opinion. We can agree about Frankie though. He is a good kid with a lot of potential.

Wow, didn't know it was so though in the escort business. Had to give out lots of free samples did you?

@@Shinkajo you boogie-brained troll

@@Shinkajo you're a trash individual. Shame on your poor parents...

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poor folk eat dog.

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Delayed gratification. These people who look like they're making it are doing it on debt, mostly credit cards. Literally a house of cards. I have a sister who is always transferring balances from one card to another offering no interest for some period of time. She rarely pays interest on her debt. But when she does it's a whopper. She doesn't get the best rates. She's done two bankruptcies because eventually she gets stuck with nowhere to go with the debt. Yet she is pursued by credit card issuers constantly.

Robert Cuminale. Of course you’re absolutely correct and you just described some of my family members. I lived in a large city in California and if you went to the thrift stores in the wealthy area you could pretty much find new or barely used high end brand name shoes, clothes, everything for pennies on the dollar. They wouldn’t even step foot in them. SMHH 🤦🏻‍♀️