0:00:05 > 0:00:08My name is Tracy Beaker and these are my Survival Files.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Your essential guide to the ups and downs of growing up.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Tracy!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Tracy!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Life in the Dumping Ground has taught me a lot about stuff.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- Tracy Beaker! - Scary stuff.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21SURPRISED SHOUTS
0:00:21 > 0:00:22SCREAMS
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Complicated stuff.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Stuff that can make you want to scream.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31If you can cope with the stuff that goes down here,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33you can cope with pretty much anything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35I've spent most of my life here.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38First when I was a kid - and now it's where I work.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I've learned a lot about friends.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44About enemies.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49About what life can throw at you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55It's not always been pretty.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57But it's made me who I am today.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'And now I'm passing on my wisdom to you guys in a video blog.'
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Pay attention. I've lived through all this so you don't have to.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11On The Tracy Beaker Survival Files this time - rules.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13What's the point of them?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'Are they really made just to be broken?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'And what happens when you do?'
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Rules. We all have to live with them.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Justine's got a TV in her room. I want one too!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30What happened to knocking?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Must have run away with the rule about TVs!
0:01:33 > 0:01:34We might not agree with them.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Shove off, weed. You know the rules. Boys aren't allowed in girls' rooms.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41But there's no getting away from them.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43I'm sorry.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Rules are rules.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The first thing about rules -
0:01:47 > 0:01:50they look different depending which side you're on.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53If you've made the rules, they'll seem fair and reasonable.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56If you have to obey them, not so much.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Come on Tracy, it's bedtime.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01'I always knew there had to be rules.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03'I just didn't see why they should apply to me.'
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Better not go to bed, then.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You'll be like a zombie at school tomorrow.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Oh, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- Oh, Cam!- Look, I mean it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15We need to set a few basic rules.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Rules? I don't need rules! Rules are the last thing I need
0:02:18 > 0:02:21after a lifetime at the Dumping Ground.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Tracy, you are going to bed now and that's final!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27You don't want a foster daughter,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29you just want someone you can boss around!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Well, that's not me and I'm not changing.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Maybe you should be the one to change!
0:02:34 > 0:02:36For a change!
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Good night!
0:02:37 > 0:02:40This was not what I thought being fostered by Cam would be like.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I was just trying to get through to you.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47The rules were there because I loved you - not to randomly torment you.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I was trying to get through to you. I don't do rules.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But you have to have rules. Otherwise you just end up with a chaotic mess.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55I thought you liked chaotic mess?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- Why would I?- I'm just going by some of your hairstyles over the years.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Well, obviously I like chaotic mess, or I would never have fostered you.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Ah, thanks.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07OK, I know I've never been brilliant with rules myself.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09But when I agreed to foster you,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I tried to give you some discipline and boundaries.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13It was for your own good.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16For my own good. Yeah, that's what they all said.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18But there were so many rules.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The Dumping Ground kids today have it easy.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25'In my day, it was 24-7, wall-to-wall bossiness.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29'"Tidy up. Do the chores. No sneaking out. No sneaking in.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32'"Time for bed. Now time to get up."'
0:03:32 > 0:03:36# Everybody has to sometimes break the rules. #
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Come and have a look at these! 'We weren't allowed to have pets.'
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Eww! What are you going to do with those?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47What? These are beautiful giant African land snails.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49That one's Speedy and that one's Gonzalez!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Where are they from?- Class 6.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Worth a fortune.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57They need special daily care, and I'm looking after them all weekend.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59But we're not allowed to have pets!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Everyone else gets to look after them. How unfair is that?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Why should kids with parents get all the snails all the time?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09We weren't allowed to go on sleepovers.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Sleepover? What sleepover?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Everyone's going!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- You must have known you can't go. - What?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- It's the rules.- We can't go because we're in care?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21We'll appeal against stupid rules!
0:04:21 > 0:04:25'We weren't even allowed to invite our friends to our home!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29'Not without getting permission from a million people.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32'So of course, I decided to do things the Beaker way.'
0:04:32 > 0:04:34So where are the dogs then?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Erm, must be their teatime.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Wait here while I go and get a security pass.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Is that going to be a problem?
0:04:40 > 0:04:44For me? Ha! Nobody says no to Tracy Beaker!
0:04:44 > 0:04:45No!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47No visitors. Not tonight!
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Oh, but!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Tracy, do you understand the meaning of the word "no?"
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Of course I do. "No" means...
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Yes!
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Great! Let's go.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02See what I mean about rules seeming different from different sides?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Jenny thought she was being reasonable.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I didn't agree. So I decided to ignore her completely.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Anyway, what did they think we were going to do? Burn the place down?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15This isn't allowed, is it?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I'm allowed. Well, not allowed exactly.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's a flexible rule.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- Definitely no boys in girls' rooms. - That sounds flexible?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It's just the "definitely" that has me worried.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Will you get punished if I get caught?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31What could they do to me?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I'd never squeal on anyone.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Even Justine Littlewood.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41OK, but I'd hate to get a mate into trouble.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Mate? Don't worry, no-one will find you.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Ah, food!- Smells good.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52You want some? I'll get room service!
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Just look at that. Perfect!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Duke, you're probably the best cook in the world.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02What're you after?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Me? Nothing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Just a couple of slices in my room.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Oh, yes madam!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I'll get the servants to bring them on a silver platter!
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- No need, I'll just help myself. - No, you don't!
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Another rule I didn't agree with. So I made up my own rules.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Tracy!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Tracy!- 'And took the pizza.'
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Hold it right there!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28What are these?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33It's obvious they've been planted there, so I get the blame.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Could it get any worse?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Yeah!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Who's that? Tracy Beaker - gotcha!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- I'd sneaked Ben past the staff. - I wonder if Jenny knows
0:06:42 > 0:06:44about your private visitor.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Justine, please, we don't snitch in the Dumping Ground.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53'But Justine Littlewood never could keep her nose out
0:06:53 > 0:06:57'of other people's business. Or keep her big mouth shut!'
0:06:57 > 0:07:00'And she was about to break the most important
0:07:00 > 0:07:02'unwritten rule of the Dumping Ground.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04'Never snitch.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Tracy, what about your friend? - What friend?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Her boyfriend in her bedroom, of course!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Erm... any ketchup?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20It's a violation of my human rights.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23If the United Nations saw you now, you'd be for it!
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Tracy, tell me the truth! Do you have anything you'd like to say to me
0:07:27 > 0:07:29before we go in?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Is there anybody in your bedroom? - No!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I mean...
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Yes!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45How come no-one ever believes me, huh?
0:07:45 > 0:07:49A brief written apology would be OK, or talk to my lawyers.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Oh, maybe I was a bit hasty.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56I suppose I should give even you the benefit of the doubt occasionally.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I suppose I did jump to...
0:07:58 > 0:07:59PHONE RINGS
0:07:59 > 0:08:01..Conclusions!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It's OK. Wrong number!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Tracy Beaker!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Jenny thought she did the right thing.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15You can't have strangers in a house full of kids.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Of course, Ben wasn't a stranger - he was my mate!
0:08:18 > 0:08:21So I didn't understand why Jenny got so cross.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23But now, I think I do.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Cos now I'm the one who's supposed to enforce the rules.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33Which often feels weird, because I still identify with the kids.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Sophia, this just came.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43I remember how amazing it felt to get a letter from a parent.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45'Especially when it was good news.'
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Great one!- Dizzee! Are you joking me?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- SHE SQUEALS - My dad's got me two tickets
0:08:50 > 0:08:52for tomorrow! How cool is that?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Cos my dad's, like, a roadie, so...
0:08:55 > 0:08:58We'll go backstage and meet Dizzee and his crew!
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Gina, it's going to be so wicked!
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- You know I so have to go, yeah?- No.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Why? No way! You know why! You are joking me?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Look, let's not go through it again!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Oh, I hate you!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14My job can be tough in a lot of ways,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16but the worst part by miles is making sure
0:09:16 > 0:09:18everyone sticks to the rules.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Sometimes those rules seem just unfair.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- What's going on?- You lot! Stopping me from going to the gig!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- It's like being in prison!- Wait!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I'm not stopping you from going anywhere.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Why won't Gina let you go? - She doesn't want me to see my dad.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Well, she must have a reason.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39But I also know that lots of rules are there for a reason,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43so I'm stuck in the middle, trying to bring the two sides together.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46If I tell you, you'll just be on their side.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Try me!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50The last time I went out with my dad,
0:09:50 > 0:09:55I stayed out quite late, cos he was packing up the gear and everything.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- How late?- No, it wasn't that bad.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59How late?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03"Call the police" late. That's why Mike and Gina won't let me see him.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Because you stayed out too late with your dad?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09There must be more to it than that, Sapphire.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13The thing is, I kind of accidentally got on the tour bus,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15just to speak to my dad.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17But then I fell asleep.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- But that could happen to anyone. - Exactly.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Which makes me think there's still more to it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Well, if you don't trust me, then...
0:10:31 > 0:10:33All right.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- A customs man found me.- What?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40He was checking for passports and saw me under these coats.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- Passports?- Look, I didn't know we'd gone to Amsterdam.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I'd been asleep on the ferry!
0:10:47 > 0:10:53Thing is though, I just wanted to be with my dad, so much.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56'I knew exactly where Sapphire was coming from.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57'I'd been there.' It's OK.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00'All those times I wanted to see my mum.'
0:11:00 > 0:11:02'So I decided to step in.'
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Sapphire and I shared a bond - we were both Dumping Ground kids.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10And I had to make Mike and Gina understand.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13How could a silly misunderstanding about a curfew
0:11:13 > 0:11:15be more important than the relationship
0:11:15 > 0:11:19between a dad and daughter? This was rules gone mad.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21That's what I thought at first.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Sapphire told me what happened with her dad.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26You've got to let her go and see him!
0:11:26 > 0:11:30These kids spend their lives away from the people they love most!
0:11:30 > 0:11:33But those people aren't always the best for us.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36That doesn't mean we're not allowed to see them!
0:11:36 > 0:11:41Her dad, to put it mildly, can't take care of her without supervision.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Have you seen her yellow file?
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Here, read that. In fact, read all of them.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The fact is, we're the ones who care for Sapphire.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Would you let her see her father on her own?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09They were right. But I felt caught in the middle.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13I could see their point of view, but I could also see Sapphire's.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16However unreliable her dad is, he's still her dad.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20I know exactly how she felt. So I knew she'd try to sneak out anyway.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Someone must be popular!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25'That's what I would've done when I was her age.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28'But I didn't have a grown-up Tracy Beaker to stop me.'
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Going somewhere?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Yeah. What's it got to do with you? - What do you think?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I said, "Let's build some trust."
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- You can trust me!- Sure. Last time it was Amsterdam.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39What's next? Join the circus?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- That was my dad's fault!- Yeah, right!
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Get out my way. You'll get paint on me.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48You're going nowhere! Even if I have to lock you inside here myself!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Now, give me the tickets.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- Give me the tickets!- Fine!
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Satisfied?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Sapphire was gutted about those tickets.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07But she forgave me - eventually.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10We're well over it now. We can even laugh about it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Right, Sapphire?- The Dizzee tickets.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17The best night of my life, which never happened, thanks to you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18I'm sorry, Sapph.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20If it's any consolation, I hated doing it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Cos that makes it better(!)
0:13:23 > 0:13:25You know I don't enforce rules for the sake of it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28But this time, the rules made sense.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31The thing is, you say you're on our side, Beaker,
0:13:31 > 0:13:32but when it comes down to it,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36you're just another control-freak care worker. No offence.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Er, actually Sapph, that is pretty offensive.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42OK. Well, I'm going to go now. If that's allowed.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44She doesn't really mean that.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- I do mean it!- She doesn't.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51But you see what I mean about rules, it's all about your point of view.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54What have we learned so far about rules
0:13:54 > 0:13:57to put into the Tracy Beaker Survival Files?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Rules are something that we all have to get used to.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02There are good reasons for most rules -
0:14:02 > 0:14:05though it may not seem that way to those who follow them.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08In a way, I'm in the perfect position in the Dumping Ground.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11As an adult, I see why rules are made.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13But I also know how rules affect the kids -
0:14:13 > 0:14:16especially when they seem unfair.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18It can be tough to be stuck in the middle.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Like when I fell out with Sapphire over the tickets.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Even though we've sorted it all out now.- Have we, Beaker?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29VIDEO CAMERA BEEPS
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Normally, rules have been put in place for a reason.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35But sometimes you have to see the bigger picture
0:14:35 > 0:14:37before you can appreciate that.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Like with Jackie and her grandpa.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41They had been a great team.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Until he got sent to an old people's home
0:14:44 > 0:14:46and she ended up in the Dumping Ground.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49I want my grandpa home, and I want him home NOW!
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- Jackie?- Run a nursing home? You people couldn't even run a bath!
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Jackie, we really need to have a proper talk about your grandpa.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59What do you know about it?
0:15:01 > 0:15:05It didn't seem right that Jackie's grandpa was stuck in this home.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06CRASH!
0:15:06 > 0:15:09So we decided to spring him out of there.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Rules or no rules.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It's SO unfair.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Your poor grandpa!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I've had just about enough!
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- It's time for action.- Ah! And I trust you'll be in need
0:15:23 > 0:15:26of some expert assistance.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Binoculars.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Check.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Tins of food.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Check.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Can-opener.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Check.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Lemon-scented baby wipes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Lemon-scented what?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Trust me. They're great.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Let's roll!- Go, go, go!
0:16:08 > 0:16:10'There he was.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14'So we took our opportunity to bust him out of that place
0:16:14 > 0:16:17'and get him back home where he belonged.'
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- Norma, what you doing here?- Ssh!
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- I'm taking you home, Grandpa. - About bloomin' time!
0:16:28 > 0:16:33After all, what was he going to do, set the place on fire?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Is...
0:16:37 > 0:16:39something burning?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Grandpa!
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Hello, Norma, just trying to get a blaze going!
0:16:46 > 0:16:51What, the entire house? And why does he keep calling you Norma?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I realised that things were not as simple as I thought.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01It wasn't just boring rules that were keeping Jackie's grandpa
0:17:01 > 0:17:04in the home. There was a good reason why he was there.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Mmm, mince and beans.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Just like the old days, eh, Norma?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- For the last time, her name isn't... - DOOR KNOCKS
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Shelley.- What do you think you're doing, letting her in?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- I don't think so! - But your grandpa, he's...
0:17:29 > 0:17:31He's not very well!
0:17:31 > 0:17:35He's fine. He's just tired.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38You open that door and I'll never talk to you again!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40That'll be less earache for me, then!
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Hiya, Shelley. Come to join in our little sit-in? Woah!
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Jackie!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49DOOR BANGS
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Jackie! Jackie!
0:17:52 > 0:17:55It was obvious that Jackie's grandpa needed help,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58but Jackie wasn't ready to accept it yet.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01He thinks she's someone called Norma.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Jackie's mum.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- My Dad was the same way.- Your dad?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11He had Alzheimer's disease. The same as Jackie's grandpa.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I looked after him for a long time, till...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Till I couldn't cope any more.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19JACKIE: You had to look after your dad?
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Eventually, Jackie and her grandpa had to face up to the truth.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32But your grandpa can't look after you any more. He needs looked after.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39'Shelley was right. After everything we'd done to save Jackie's grandpa,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43'we realised that he was in the right place to begin with.'
0:18:47 > 0:18:48It was so sad.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I really wanted a happy ending for Jackie and her grandpa,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54but the rules were right, this time.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57There was no way he could live at home. He wasn't well enough.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01And as you get older, you learn to appreciate that
0:19:01 > 0:19:05some rules have a point.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Has anyone discovered where that nasty smell's coming from?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- It's definitely not the bathrooms. - Hmm.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Take a whiff outside Gus's bedroom. It would melt your nose!
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Right, come on!- Boys, come on.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20It's worse since Wednesday when it was sunny.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Well, Gus is back from his dad's tomorrow.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- We've to sort it out by then. - Right. I'm going in!
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Sometimes, breaking the most tiny, trivial rule,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31can have really stinky consequences.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33ALL: Oh!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36OK, I let Gus take the food to his room.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37GROANING
0:19:39 > 0:19:43And yeah, some of it did end up a tiny bit past its sell-by date.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Oh! Eugh! Eugh! - But was that such a terrible crime?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48How did this happen?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Oh! Somebody's let Gus eat in his room!
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Tracy Beaker!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55It was disgusting!
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Apart from the smell, Lord knows what all those creepy-crawly,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02slimy things could have passed on!
0:20:02 > 0:20:06You know, there's places where maggots are a delicacy.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Well, not in Elmtree House!
0:20:08 > 0:20:12This is why the young people are not allowed to eat in a room.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14This is why we have rules.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16But sometimes you have to be a bit flexible.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20No, Tracy. You can't pick and choose rules to suit yourself.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25- Eh, why not?- Because we end up with maggots under the beds!
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I didn't start out intending to breed maggots.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31What happened was, Gus had been having a few bad days.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33He needed a bit of space,
0:20:33 > 0:20:37and I thought I could make an exception to the rules, just once.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Or twice...
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Tracy let me have sausages in my bedroom, Monday,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46curry in my bedroom, Thursday, and fish in my bedroom, Friday.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And that helped make all those days, good days.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52My number one priority is doing what's best
0:20:52 > 0:20:54for the Dumping Ground kids.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Sometimes, that means bending the rules.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59# Rules and regulations. #
0:20:59 > 0:21:03'Like when Lily had her accident, and moved in with me and Cam.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06'The rules said that Lily couldn't have any visitors
0:21:06 > 0:21:09'unless Cam was there. Lily was so lonely.'
0:21:09 > 0:21:10It's not fair!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Oh, Lily, come on.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Why can't Tracy look after us?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Because I'm not allowed anyone from the Dumping Ground here without Cam.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- That's stupid!- Yeah, I know it probably seems that way,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26but if anything went wrong, Mike could be responsible.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29But nothing would go wrong!
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Yeah, but we can't take that chance.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36(I'll talk to her.)
0:21:38 > 0:21:42'She missed her friends so much. I couldn't stand it.'
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Lily, look.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I know it's a stupid rule...
0:21:47 > 0:21:51But stupid rules deserve to be broken.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53(Don't tell Cam!)
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Surprise!
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Carmen! T! DISTANT VOICE:- Tracy!
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Oh, quick, get to the bedroom. No, no, just get away.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What was that?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- That was just Lily deciding what she was having for tea.- Oh.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Thanks for doing this, Tracy. - No problem.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15You just concentrate on the meeting.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- GIRLS GIGGLE - Lily, your flat's lovely.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Yeah, it's really nice and clean. There's so much stuff!
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Phone.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Oh, um...
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Got it!- Oh, thanks.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Bye, Lily.- See ya!
0:22:43 > 0:22:46It was good of you to invite the girls over.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I know it was to cheer me up. I needed it after the accident.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- I know. I would have done anything to put a smile on your face.- Yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- I know you meant well. You always do. - That's true.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01It's just, like, every time you mess up and get everyone into trouble,
0:23:01 > 0:23:03it always did come from a good place.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Er, what do you mean, "Every time?"
0:23:05 > 0:23:11Just saying, your Beaker special plans don't always go as you plan.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Don't know why I bother!
0:23:12 > 0:23:15MUSIC: "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Go T! Modelling a cheeky little creation,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20available to buy for the bargain price of £1,000.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25And Carmen, looking absolutely stunning in the piece de resistance!
0:23:25 > 0:23:29'The afternoon started brilliantly. It was just what Lily needed.'
0:23:29 > 0:23:31# I come home in the morning light... #
0:23:31 > 0:23:32PHONE RINGS
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Phone's ringing.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Yes, lady in the front row.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Phone's ringing!- Oh!
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- Hello.- Tracy, can you come back?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43But the fun was soon over for me.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I got called back to the Dumping Ground
0:23:46 > 0:23:49and had to get Sapphire over to baby-sit ASAP.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53'Which wasn't exactly within the rules.' Thank you!
0:23:53 > 0:23:56As Sapph was technically still a kid herself.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59But what were they going to do? Set the place on fire?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05I couldn't believe it. You let those three run wild!
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I'd let them run wild? The "control-freak care worker?"
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Kids need some boundaries, you know. - Except you, apparently.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I'm not a kid. I know what I'm doing.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Right. You sort out the pigsty. I'll go and make lunch.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21BOING!
0:24:27 > 0:24:30So yet again, I had to sort out your mess.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I got them to clean up, and laid down ground rules.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Er, but you hate rules. - Stupid rules. My rules make sense.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39So that's different.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40This is the thing.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Rules seem reasonable to the person who made them.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46It all depends on who's in charge.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- What are you doing?- Face masks.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Put Sapphire in control and she's like a sergeant major.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56And she did a pretty good job...at first.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Ow!
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I need water!
0:24:59 > 0:25:03If only the chillies hadn't got mixed into the girls' face-packs.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong, what's wrong?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- What have you done? My eyes are burning!- I've done nothing!
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Oh, you idiots! You saw me chopping chillies on here!
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Chillies? Are you joking, Sapphire? - No, Carmen!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23'So they did set the place on fire.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27'Unlucky, really. That usually doesn't happen. Much.'
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Oh, it's OK. I'm here now.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32It's all right. You're safe, OK? Don't cry.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37We're not crying. It's cos of the chillies.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Sapph, what happened? - Don't blame me. I put the fire out.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Tracy!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50'Cam wasn't exactly overjoyed.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52'And Mike wasn't impressed, either.'
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Are you on a mission to put all the kids into hospital?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00I just can't believe you lied to me and Mike.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01I was doing it for Lily.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06It was totally irresponsible. You left four children on their own!
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- You made me come back here! - When will you learn?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Rules are THERE for a reason!
0:26:11 > 0:26:12They're not though!
0:26:12 > 0:26:15In any other family, she'd be allowed mates over.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Look, we've been through this.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23But I'm the only reason you fostered her! Now you won't give me any say!
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I suppose rules are there for a reason. Trouble is,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29you don't always find out the reason till it's too late.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32By that time, you've got a bed full of maggots or a burning flat.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35So maybe it's best to stick to the rules,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38unless you've got a good reason for breaking them.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Or you really, really want to.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48So, what's the low-down on rules then,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50to upload into my Survival Files?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Well, usually, rules are there for a reason.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Whether you like the rules or not,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59depends on whether you agree with the reason.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It's easy to get caught up in your own point of view
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and sometimes not get why a particular rule
0:27:05 > 0:27:06might be a good thing.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10If a rule is really unfair, it is worth finding out why it's there.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14It might be that if you discuss it, both sides can agree
0:27:14 > 0:27:15to change it a bit.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17And if you are tempted to break a rule,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21think really carefully before you do, about what might happen.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25It's funny - sometimes the people who complain about rules the most,
0:27:25 > 0:27:29will be the first to start making them once they get the chance.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32And a suggestion from a "care home control freak",
0:27:32 > 0:27:35to Sergeant Major Sapphire. Clean up after you cook,
0:27:35 > 0:27:40and you won't end up with chillies mixed into a homemade face-pack.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43'So that's the Beaker Guide to Rules safely uploaded
0:27:43 > 0:27:46'to the Tracy Beaker Survival Files.'
0:27:49 > 0:27:52More gems of wisdom from my experiences next time.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54And you know the rules - do not miss it!
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Remember, I've been through all this so you don't have to.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00MUSIC: "I Fought The Law" by The Clash
0:28:00 > 0:28:02# I fought the law And the law won...#
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