Growing Up: Child of Our Time 2013 -3-Year Streaming

Part of a series that has followed a group of children from their birth at the millennium, this program reviews the children's life and challenges as they hit their teenage years. We discover how they have coped with bullying, with having a famous parent or with learning to live with money worries. Footage from the archive gives us a view into the children's past. All our families take part in both programs but this one predominantly features Helena, the only survivor of triplets born prematurely; Parys, whose mom Alison Lapper is a famous artist; Yorkshire girl Rhianna, who is forthright about her family's financial troubles; technology loving Taliesin; Het from Wembley in London, who has big ambitions; farm girl Megan; Matthew from Surrey, whose family is preparing for a great change in their lives; Scottish twins Alex and Ivo; and William from Settle, a tennis prodigy who burnt out. A BBC/Open University Co-production. A part of the series Child of Our Time 2013. Length 60 min. © Copyright 2013