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Filmed over one summer Poor Teens follows three very different teenage boys. All on the cusp of adulthood and dealing with the normal pressures of growing up with one similarity - they are all having to survive on under a tenner a day.
Over 300,000 teenagers claim benefits and 1 in 5 youths in Britain are unemployed. This absolute documentary follows 3 teenage girls Amber who is 17 and pregnant, Bridie, 17 and can't stay out of trouble, and Shelby, 17 who relies on benefits. They are all struggling to get by for many different reasons. They are caught by a disappearing childhood and an unknown future, this is their story
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@linda9115
@linda9115 Год назад
I felt bad for Craig his mum raised him he turns 18 she makes him homeless and is having another child. Your children are for life
@sammshroo3494
@sammshroo3494 Год назад
That's when I learnt how crisis prove self survival comes first before anything else or what most people like to say greatest love is a mother's love.
@apeters3352
@apeters3352 8 месяцев назад
She sounds like a woman that has just had enough.
@ritamariemott2420
@ritamariemott2420 8 месяцев назад
Same
@SnowWhite717_
@SnowWhite717_ 7 месяцев назад
18 isn’t some magic number where Poof!✨ your kid automatically changes to responsible adult that is somehow different than the kid they were the day before. I totally agree with you.
@leece_6702
@leece_6702 7 месяцев назад
He looks like a young Pete Townshend of The Who
@mirabella2154
@mirabella2154 Год назад
This is 10 years ago. It must be far worse right now.
@cristinaevans139
@cristinaevans139 Год назад
I love Australia ❤
@melissawhite20
@melissawhite20 Год назад
Why are kids having kids. Especially when they already have financial issues and no jobs. It's ridiculous.
@honeybunch5765
@honeybunch5765 10 месяцев назад
Sadly it is their environment, parents that don't care or can't deal with them. I feel extremely sad for them. Parents and piers plays a big role.
@JaneK6557
@JaneK6557 10 месяцев назад
Some get pregnant on purpose because that baby makes them eligible for free housing and public assistance. They think they are grown and want to be out on their own…at least until reality sets in.
@NYHeeb
@NYHeeb 7 месяцев назад
I got my working papers at 15. Im 42 there been maybe 6 months that entire time i was out of work. I didnt have a car for years walked hours every day to work for years never late. If u want it u will do it. No excuses
@Daydreamer-yh8km
@Daydreamer-yh8km 3 месяца назад
They are just lazy and act entitled ( hope i've spelled it right )
@jordanrivers1
@jordanrivers1 Год назад
Damn we need update on Craig. His mom is horrible. I could never do that to my kids.
@rogue0621
@rogue0621 9 месяцев назад
Craig isn’t a kid although he acts like one
@marijacsoknya6765
@marijacsoknya6765 11 месяцев назад
Craig needed a good father all his life.
@jeanetteambersley9237
@jeanetteambersley9237 Год назад
Shelby is at least trying to do the best with her life. I definitely admire her and wish the best for her.
@lindaandersenholmes8270
@lindaandersenholmes8270 8 месяцев назад
Have these young women not heard of birth control? They should realize they can’t depend on the boys. There is no excuse getting pregnant while you live in poverty. Bringing another generation into poverty is unconscionable. They should be educating themselves and working on a career. Schools should be teaching this reality. I just feel sad for the babies born to kids who aren’t prepared emotionally or financially and who perpetuate the cycle of poverty.
@Abdulkhan-tw3qh
@Abdulkhan-tw3qh 5 месяцев назад
You are absolutely right, your comment is one of the best that i have come across.
@anahor_nid
@anahor_nid Год назад
Where are their fathers?
@dilliganmadden6714
@dilliganmadden6714 Год назад
Probably died in some b.s war
@OU812cheeto
@OU812cheeto 8 месяцев назад
They don't seem to realize that once they have a kid, their life is officially ruined. And Craig's mother is pregnant with no man in sight. She, too, has sealed her fate, doomed to a life of benefits. And where are the men who have knocked up these women?! Doesn't England make them pay child support??
@mariekatherine5238
@mariekatherine5238 Год назад
What? Does every poor lad punch his bedroom door out?
@honeybunch5765
@honeybunch5765 10 месяцев назад
It's a vicious cycle.They are the product of their parents and environment, and if they dont break out of the cycle, so will their kids be and so on.
@combatduckie
@combatduckie Год назад
the son said "She owns the house!" NO, she does NOT! As long as she still has mortageage payments on it, she does NOT own it, the BANK still owns it! Poor people never understand this and get in debts (by, e.g., getting pregnant while in bad financial situation instead of using working birth control!).
@jjoyce46
@jjoyce46 11 месяцев назад
And rich CEO'S shouldn't be making 500 times the amount of their workers and hoarding all the money instead of paying their workers the amount they should to live! And getting govt handouts when they tank a company but still getting millions and billions for it! And rich people should pay their fair share of taxes instead of the brunt of taxes being paid by the poor and middle class. And the government needs to stop making poor people poorer with their bad decisions in govt and provide better and more jobs for people!
@belleepoque2544
@belleepoque2544 Год назад
I admire Shelby and her tenacity. I hope she's in a good place now.
@datacipher
@datacipher Год назад
Unlikely - for obvious reasons.
@jjoyce46
@jjoyce46 11 месяцев назад
​@@datacipherHow would you know? Are you a fortune teller? This show is from 2012 by the way.
@kittyestes3656
@kittyestes3656 Год назад
The one kids anger issues need to be addressed he is not well and will never amount to anything till he seeks help for those except maybe a women abuser or something.
@belleepoque2544
@belleepoque2544 Год назад
Oh my god, I hope that baby came out healthy. I'm 15- a year younger than her- and I know that smoking isn't healthy, especially when you're expecting a child.
@evangelene12
@evangelene12 7 месяцев назад
Up until the 1970s women routinely smoked and drank during pregnancies as there was no medical warnings until then. Most of us in our 50s would have had parents who smoked and drank during their entire pregnancies. We turned out fine.
@DB-xo6xh
@DB-xo6xh Год назад
15:42 WHAAATTT?!! Is there no help with family planning? Birth control and basic Basic education!?
@sloeberdoet
@sloeberdoet Год назад
I think because of Brexit birth control stuff is out of stock regularly.
@niveditabhattacharjee7362
@niveditabhattacharjee7362 Год назад
I am so happy I was brought up in a third world country like India. Our grip on reality is strong from childhood, not tenacious like these girls. Unwed teenage mothers are not welcomed into the family with open arms and such enormous support. So we learn to be very, very careful. There is nothing called 'benefits' to fall back on and it is practically impossible for a teenage boy or girl to rent a place of their own so you stay in line at your parent's place. We are not a rich country like UK or as impoverished a country like Uganda or a prison country (at least for women) like Pakistan. We are good....our family structure is not crumbling, our women are not locked up behind blankets or looking into absolutely bleak futures like these girls. We are doing pretty well and I never really realized that.
@zdenkakathyanderson7890
@zdenkakathyanderson7890 11 месяцев назад
India treat their women worse than dirt and your country is as poor as they come. I’ve been there and a majority live in shanty towns I would rather be in England any day then India
@MrWise23
@MrWise23 7 месяцев назад
The thing is India has slums and those slums are by no way compatible to the poor in Britain. Although the kids in those slums seem happy cause many other kids etc but for grown ups it must be dire. Rich and poor looks different in most country’s. I am from the Netherlands and although we have poor people we don’t have those old industrial towns. Even outside the city villages are alive which is probably cause everything is packed in the Netherlands so there’s always a city in a half hour drive and mostly faster
@StarlaBizarre
@StarlaBizarre Год назад
Oh my God, so many poor innocent babies born into this trash! Poverty just makes more and more poverty. Why do they just keep reproducing over and over and then complaining about the situation that they have put themselves in?!
@barbaragardner8626
@barbaragardner8626 9 месяцев назад
These people can’t take care of themselves and then they have children who don’t have a chance. Don’t have children.
@racquelford1595
@racquelford1595 Год назад
Watching this video it’s very interesting sad emotional. Responsibility is a big thing
@cristinaevans139
@cristinaevans139 Год назад
I hope they are all on their feet now ❤ there for the love of god go I ❤
@kittykatwolf8294
@kittykatwolf8294 Год назад
What I cant understand, is all these unemployed people have revolting, filthy, wrecked houses! Soap is cheap! Stop feeling sorry for yourself & get some self esteem.
@amandab8433
@amandab8433 Год назад
I really hope all of them are doing well. I also hope that Frankie was able to make it. My oldest went to Uni for Game Design and has been working for Google since his Junior year at Uni. He graduated nine years ago.
@jarrodbarkley9061
@jarrodbarkley9061 Год назад
I'm a native English speaker, and I can't understand a frigging word Craig or his mother says.
@zdenkakathyanderson7890
@zdenkakathyanderson7890 11 месяцев назад
Amber goes on about how she’s now an adult because she’s pregnant but she hasn’t contributed in any way as an a responsible adult would. She sponges off her mother and lives in her house
@honeybunch5765
@honeybunch5765 10 месяцев назад
She was still a kid. You are being a bit harsh. The worst is how seldomly the fathers are involved.
@combatduckie
@combatduckie Год назад
the NOISE LEVEL in those appartements and houses of the "poor"! It d drive me mad if I were a neighbor to these people!
@dinomariana679
@dinomariana679 Год назад
Massive respect to Shelby, poor girl though they serious should have provided her full time
@lewthrasher4194
@lewthrasher4194 Год назад
It's funny almost everyone desperate for money to get food always has money for cigarettes and or booze.
@sisino4471
@sisino4471 Год назад
they need something to enjoy in their life... stop judging.
@HaggisMuncher-69-420
@HaggisMuncher-69-420 Год назад
@@sisino4471 No, they need to get their life in order. Smoking or drinking doesn't do that.
@leptir7110
@leptir7110 Год назад
​@@HaggisMuncher-69-420bolje da puše i tako se rešavaju stresa nego da se drogiraju ili bave kriminalom
@melissalove2463
@melissalove2463 Год назад
@lewthrasher4194 I know right !
@lauraremde9118
@lauraremde9118 Год назад
​@HaggisMuncher-69-420 how bout mind your own business nothing wrong with buying cigs
@forgottenfurbabies3315
@forgottenfurbabies3315 Год назад
I would love to start or find a program to give some of these kids a chance in America. Mind you, I’m poor to middle class but there is definitely more of a chance for them here in America. I would open my modest home to help one of them. I would love to give Frankie a chance!
@dianaabcalen9954
@dianaabcalen9954 8 месяцев назад
we need an update for Craig he is the only one that has potential the rest are just a waste of air,. im rooting for him and i hope you pulled through in life
@sandrashevel2137
@sandrashevel2137 Год назад
Don't churches or organizations have food banks? I'm from United States so idk. Bless all these people with prosperity
@sandrashevel2137
@sandrashevel2137 Год назад
@Abi Brown thank you. Ive never been across the pond, im glad they have them.
@Myopinion8591
@Myopinion8591 6 месяцев назад
With the right mentoring these youngsters could end up on the right track. I feel sorry for the ones with no responsible adult to turn to. I wish them all well and hopefully better things ahead for them.
@eileenwatt8283
@eileenwatt8283 Год назад
Not even teens in third world countries go through times like these. Britian's teen poverty is 4th world,
@wyswygsommer2769
@wyswygsommer2769 9 месяцев назад
Frankie will make it.
@louisemason2918
@louisemason2918 6 месяцев назад
Love that Frankie man, I wish I could help him. I hope he makes it
@alexanderp.297
@alexanderp.297 Год назад
Habe die Doku gesehen. Leider sehr traurig. Besonders die Mädchen haben es schwerer im Leben. Es braucht sich keiner schämen weil er zu wenig Geld hat. Bridie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. Im Abschnitt 1:15:31 - 1:15:35 ist sie sehr traurig ! Ich wünsche mir das ihre Mutter sie öfters in die Arme nimmt !
@AldridgeFarmstead
@AldridgeFarmstead Год назад
Do they even have factories in the UK to work? That helps a lot of people the southern US.
@888ssss
@888ssss Год назад
a man works for his own family. they are trying to substitute that for a collective. its not something im interested in. each to his own.
@SnowWhite717_
@SnowWhite717_ 7 месяцев назад
28:12 For the young men with rap aspirations… you need to find your own style & flow so you have a unique sound that makes you stand out from the others and memorable. Every single one has the exact style and you can’t tell one from the other. It’s like having 20 of the same style tshirt in every color and saying they’re different. Yeah they’re different colors but they’re exactly the same. Ya know?
@isaiahmajka3030
@isaiahmajka3030 Год назад
There is a Ocean close by I haven’t seen one person even think about working it! Especially during their school breaks.
@slydoll7877
@slydoll7877 Год назад
What ocean? There's none near Rotherham!
@dinomariana679
@dinomariana679 Год назад
What are you on about ? Like fishing ?
@slydoll7877
@slydoll7877 Год назад
@@dinomariana679 I think that must be what they mean...don't they realise there is no fishing industry left in the UK lol. They must be American.
@lb2229
@lb2229 Год назад
There is always “Hope” I truly wish I could make a difference for these young people! Hope in the economy that will always get bettter….Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry… St. Padro Pio ✝️🙏❤️
@sproket168
@sproket168 Год назад
Not a dad in sight. Not many mothers can raise good men
@melissalove2463
@melissalove2463 Год назад
Funny they have no money but they keep popping out kids !
@chrilin5107
@chrilin5107 Год назад
12.45 better if she kept breast feeding than getting him on formula (it's an option for those who can't breast feed, if you can and can stay home to feed that's preferable).
@lizziemartin2382
@lizziemartin2382 7 месяцев назад
smoking near children or whilst pregnant should be illegal.
@kevinrai6620
@kevinrai6620 8 месяцев назад
the lady consulting Amber is bomb.
@sophiaschrenk1511
@sophiaschrenk1511 Год назад
Their parents should have support them more
@JH-hj9uz
@JH-hj9uz 11 месяцев назад
I find the fact they all smoke very disappointing, they are trying but the cost of smoking is detrimental to them getting ahead.
@tammyhall1008
@tammyhall1008 Год назад
Didn’t he not see the 2 cities were not there BEFORE his mum left 👀!!!!!!
@McAvoy-ft5fg
@McAvoy-ft5fg 6 месяцев назад
AND THEY ARE ALL ROYALS !!!!!!!! ROYAL !!!
@kevinrai6620
@kevinrai6620 8 месяцев назад
these kids need support
@jivefive99
@jivefive99 Год назад
This is from 2012 ... sheesh ...
@seanrm
@seanrm Год назад
Luckily, the UK's population increased by around 4 million people since this was made (2012) and now things are much, much better.
@michelleshelley995
@michelleshelley995 2 месяца назад
I mowed yards.
@burly636
@burly636 Год назад
At least Shelby is trying, and the other girl just worming herself way into the another person’s house. I always wondered what happened to Bridey. Pregnant girls got a lot to learn.
@susanclaire901
@susanclaire901 Год назад
Bridie wasn't pregnant though. Shelby WAS pregnant by the end of the show.
@Proudathiest1
@Proudathiest1 Год назад
Does Britain not have welfare?
@KimmieSunshine
@KimmieSunshine Год назад
The UK has what’s called a “Nanny State”. It’s been that way since WWII. Basically, the government will provide for your needs if you need help. It’s different than my country so I find it interesting
@CanadianMonarchist
@CanadianMonarchist Год назад
Britain has a very elaborate welfare state.
@user-wl2qy3yo5h
@user-wl2qy3yo5h 2 месяца назад
I don’t understand why Shelby keep saying the word “like”
@bradd188
@bradd188 7 месяцев назад
This is why Andrew rate exists, for people like these guys. I see they want jobs but I also see a lot of young men that need some direction in their lives. Sitting around playing video games and smoking weed isn’t going to get you anywhere.
@oliverzhao1005
@oliverzhao1005 Год назад
GOOD
@nicehar
@nicehar 4 месяца назад
16 and pregnant. What took her so long?
@rinku1160
@rinku1160 7 месяцев назад
In England One pound / in India 98 rupees equal
@johnsnowkumar359
@johnsnowkumar359 11 месяцев назад
The British government says it is definitely a welfare state. Every affluent has a small project housing. The UK is still doling out welfare checks and free food. The government of the UK is running low on public housing. If a childless couple lives in a public housing, that house goes back to the government after the couple dies. The British government provides food and small financial checks and previously built housing too. Every affluent town has a government housing project. The British government says it is behind in building housing for the poor. In the Uk, people given government housing have to vacate public housing once they die of old age. British government is falling short of public housing being built for the poor.
@LauraSnow-in3nx
@LauraSnow-in3nx 4 месяца назад
I feel bad for Craig. His mom is literally kicking him out and making away for the new baby I’m not sure why you would continue to have kids if you’re losing your home Can’t afford to take care of the one you have already I get that, but you don’t throw your kids out like that, that’s messed up
@ummomar8432
@ummomar8432 Год назад
30 pounds a day would be a dream life for kids in some countries.
@elainedoremus2688
@elainedoremus2688 11 месяцев назад
Create fewer humans. Fewer humans equal more money and power for each.
@Proudathiest1
@Proudathiest1 Год назад
Come on guys you’re in Britain home to some of the greatest music ever made don’t waste your time on bs rap music .
@alisejankovska9125
@alisejankovska9125 Год назад
They can always afford cigaretes ...
@kevinrai6620
@kevinrai6620 8 месяцев назад
these kids are trying...help them
@cristinaevans139
@cristinaevans139 Год назад
Broke but alive 😢
@angelachanelhuang1651
@angelachanelhuang1651 Год назад
sorry
@rodneyscott2108
@rodneyscott2108 Год назад
27:25 Who are these wanna be Crips😆😆😆😆😆😆to much MTV raps. This is America’s gift to the world
@CandycaneBeyond
@CandycaneBeyond 9 месяцев назад
1:45:13 England welfare is a hot mess!
@Mark-rd1it
@Mark-rd1it Год назад
Children should be born in marriage. It takes two parents to raise children properly.
@hazzaplayz808
@hazzaplayz808 4 дня назад
In a perfect world
@martinlester3454
@martinlester3454 6 месяцев назад
Why don’t u just go to Gambia and get it in real life and enjoy it with your own English female friends
@eugenemullan4957
@eugenemullan4957 7 месяцев назад
Them again init
@lorrainetaylor3773
@lorrainetaylor3773 19 дней назад
You ppl would not make it in America, no way , no how , you’d be blaming the Government and its you’re own fault ! No way mate you could make it in America,,,,,, we got that can do attitude, you guys , what can be done for me ? And if I don’t like it ,, it’s not my failure but the Governments ,,,, C’mone you ppl are nuts
@joeycormier7489
@joeycormier7489 Год назад
Craig’s mom, you single? You are pretty.
@barbaragardner8626
@barbaragardner8626 9 месяцев назад
Teenagers should have a law that they can’t have children. That might stop some poverty. This needs to be addressed by adults and handled properly.
@kristinfrostlazerbeams
@kristinfrostlazerbeams Год назад
First!
@patscanlan2678
@patscanlan2678 Год назад
2nd!🤪
@Eggmanrocks
@Eggmanrocks Год назад
@@patscanlan2678 3rd
@StarlightEater
@StarlightEater Год назад
Whats with all these ppl whining about 'boo hoo, I ain get enuff free money' this s UK thing or what?
@queen_of_ice
@queen_of_ice Год назад
No one wants to work but they love complaining about there free goverment money coming in late.
@jan-margaret6970
@jan-margaret6970 2 месяца назад
"Craaiig!"... Reply√"Yes Mother Dear." Hope you young men made a life . All the best !🇨🇦🪶
@user-zr5si2rb9p
@user-zr5si2rb9p 3 месяца назад
It’s annoying that Frankie puts on such a fake Afro/jamaican accent grrrr 👿
@DB-xo6xh
@DB-xo6xh Год назад
15:42 WHAAATTT?!! Is there no help with family planning? Birth control and basic Basic education!?
@anonmouse15
@anonmouse15 Год назад
All the birth control in the world won't work if you don't use it.
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