0:00:02 > 0:00:05When you're young, everything's an adventure.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11We're growing, bursting with ideas.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14And facing fresh challenges every single day.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Stand back and make sure you're wearing your goggles.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21I'm from one of six groups of children all over the country
0:00:21 > 0:00:23who are filming their lives.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Eoin! Eoin!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Oliver, are you all right?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31From high-rise tower blocks...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Hi! Bye! My room is so big.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36..to our remotest island.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38I love Mull!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Stop it! Stop it!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45We were only kissing.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I know, but stop it!
0:00:47 > 0:00:51For six months, we've had cameras in our homes, clubs.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54We've even filmed ourselves.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Whoa!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- To share moments of love... - You all right, darling?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02..loss and drama.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I told her I'm not saying a word.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Through our own eyes... - GUNSHOT
0:01:09 > 0:01:11..giving us a big voice.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- CLASS: Whoa! - Let me count. Let me count this!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19To tell you what we really think of the world.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Wow, my mum's the tooth fairy. That's shocking.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27This week, how we see fear and danger.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28We're all going to die!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30There's growing pains...
0:01:30 > 0:01:34There's 11 and 12-year-old kids who scare me quite a lot.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36..a push for independence...
0:01:36 > 0:01:41The most important thing about getting older is trying new things.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Listen and look both ways.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45..and facing our fears of failure.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I'm doing this so I won't fail.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Whoa, that felt weird! I want to do it and I don't want to do it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Go on!
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Fear is when you're scared.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10In some ways, fear is exciting, but in some ways, it's dangerous.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Cos I'm going to secondary school next year,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17I'm scared if I get bullied or, like, picked on.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Well, on a scale of one to ten,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23my fear of failure is probably about eight.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26My biggest fear would probably be,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30um...dogs, cos most of the time,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33they're bigger than me and it makes me feel really weird.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45If I could visit a planet in this spaceship,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47I'd probably go to Pluto.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I think being an astronaut would be quite cool,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52cos you get to visit planets.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I'd like to be in space cos you float.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Nine-year-old Eoin lives in Gloucester
0:03:00 > 0:03:03with his parents and four-year-old brother, Callum.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Hi. Callum, look, your base is under attack.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10'My favourite things about myself would probably be...'
0:03:10 > 0:03:12being different.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17I like being different to other people.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- I'd put a pressure plate on it. - Oh, you can have a pressure plate.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24'I think I'm different because I'm smaller
0:03:24 > 0:03:27'and I have a lot of different interests'
0:03:27 > 0:03:33to my friends and I don't know why, but it just makes me happy.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Eoin! Eoin! - Eoin has a rare form of dwarfism.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Despite being smaller,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44he's determined to do everything his friends do.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Eoin! Eoin! Eoin!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I like playing rugby because when I play it,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I just feel cool and I'm quite good at it cos I'm fast.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57But as he gets older,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01it's sometimes hard to join in with all the things his mates do.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Like rides, like Drayton Manor and places like that,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09that I'm too small to go on and I've always wanted to.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10And by the time I'm big enough,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13they're always going on the next bigger one.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It just makes me feel really like...
0:04:15 > 0:04:19like I just want to be with them sometimes.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26It's kind of weird cos I'm getting older and...
0:04:27 > 0:04:29..it's quite scary almost.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35CHILDREN SHOUT
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Eoin attends a weekly rehearsal at the Kaleidoscope drama group.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43If you can see a job you think you'd like, go and put the outfit on.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Teaching communication and self-confidence,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51the club performs a big play each year.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Drama gives me confidence. Every week, I look forward to it
0:04:57 > 0:05:01cos, like, it's really exciting to go see all my friends.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I look quite cool, actually.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I've got loads of hobbies, like singing and acting.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10So, I'm not really the sporty type,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I'm more of the indoor, but having fun.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Now, what I'm going to do to these people here
0:05:20 > 0:05:24is I'm going to take a simple balloon
0:05:24 > 0:05:29and I am going to surprise you.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34Overcoming stage fright is key to becoming a good performer.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Their coach is trying out an activity
0:05:36 > 0:05:40to see if the group can turn fear into excitement.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I'm going to walk behind you
0:05:42 > 0:05:45and I will pop the balloon behind one of you.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51But you are not going to know which person I'm going to pop it behind.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58I'm going to take a while deciding...where to go.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02SHE SQUEALS
0:06:06 > 0:06:08'I once went on a ghost train
0:06:08 > 0:06:10'and there were things that would pop out,'
0:06:10 > 0:06:15like, next to...like, from the walls, they would pop out
0:06:15 > 0:06:19and it would just make you jump, but you would laugh after it happened.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22CHILDREN SQUEAL AND LAUGH
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Fear can be exciting, cos if you go to a funfair
0:06:26 > 0:06:29and you go on a ride, you can be scared but excited.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33And it's like nerves, but excitement as well,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37and it, like, goes up inside you and it goes in such a rush.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Please, no!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42'I'm scared of, like, being hurt,'
0:06:42 > 0:06:45but I'm getting a lot more confident now.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49BALLOON POPS CHILDREN SCREAM
0:06:49 > 0:06:51That was loud!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Are you all right, Eoin? Are you sure? Are you OK?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Outside the safety of the drama club,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14nine-year-old Eoin tries to push himself at more physical sports.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I kind of want to be able to do the things that my friends do
0:07:17 > 0:07:19and that I think is really cool.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24But the differences between him and his friends
0:07:24 > 0:07:26are becoming more pronounced.
0:07:28 > 0:07:34'One time we went rock climbing and we went to the adult section'
0:07:34 > 0:07:37and they had huge, really tall towers,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40and my friend was, like, up there in two seconds.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42She was, like, "Come on, come up and look at this view."
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I'm like, "I don't want to." I'm like, "I'm not going up there."
0:07:49 > 0:07:51You don't want to go on it?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Why's that? - There's too many teenagers.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- There's too many teenagers. I'll stand over there by you.- No.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04'They scare me quite a lot.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06'They're, like, really tall
0:08:06 > 0:08:09'and they're, like, doing really weird stuff.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14'I think they're scary because they could, like,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18'almost get in my way, and things like that.'
0:08:22 > 0:08:25What do you want to do then? Go round the edge?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It does remind him that he's different, that he is smaller,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and he doesn't ever want anybody to think that he's a baby.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39When he first realised, he was three.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I was in the bathroom getting ready and I turned around
0:08:42 > 0:08:44and he was behind me and he had his hands over his face
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and he was just sobbing and he said, "I don't want to be little."
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I just hadn't expected it yet, so I didn't know what to say to him
0:08:50 > 0:08:52and I just told him, you know,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54"You're exactly as you're meant to be."
0:08:54 > 0:08:56And we had this discussion for a while,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59then I went in the bathroom and cried my eyes out
0:08:59 > 0:09:01and, you know, part of that, I think, is just normal mum stuff
0:09:01 > 0:09:04and other part of it is that I DO want to protect him
0:09:04 > 0:09:07and not have him go through anything...
0:09:08 > 0:09:10..that might come his way.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Can we try going in the skate park again?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20You want to try going in the skate park again? Come on then.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27'I don't want things to scare me.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30'I want to be a brave person cos then I'll get'
0:09:30 > 0:09:33a lot more things done in my life.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I didn't want it to, like, take over me,
0:09:37 > 0:09:38cos if I'm scared of everything,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41then I won't want to be able to do anything,
0:09:41 > 0:09:46but if I'm brave and go for it, I could do something, like, amazing.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Was it good?- Yeah.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58When I, like, feel fear, I kind of feel it in my stomach.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I get a really weird feeling.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05It feels like everything is dark and it's just pitch-black
0:10:05 > 0:10:07and you start seeing really weird things.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12I always have dreams and then usually in them dreams,
0:10:12 > 0:10:17I just see a clown pop up and then I always have to open my eyes
0:10:17 > 0:10:19to check if it's actually there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26From all corners of the city,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29children from the Junior Cathedral Choir
0:10:29 > 0:10:31make their way to weekly rehearsals.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Green light! Whoo!
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I dreamt that the world turned upside down.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- You dreamt the world was up... - Upside down.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43So everyone was on their heads.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47And I fell into the sea because no-one could hang on.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52How about if we go through our square times table?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Let's do 12 to 20. - 12 times 12 is 144.
0:10:55 > 0:10:5713 times 13 is 169.
0:10:57 > 0:11:0014 times 14 is 196.
0:11:00 > 0:11:0415 times 15 is 225?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Bravo! Very good! - That wasn't proper.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- That was not proper.- Very good!
0:11:10 > 0:11:14PIANIST PLAYS INTRO TO MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD
0:11:17 > 0:11:23# My soul doth magnify the Lord... #
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Founded three years ago,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29the group regularly perform at special events in the region.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I like it that I can pick songs up quite quickly
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and also, in my family, sometimes we just start singing
0:11:37 > 0:11:41variations of the songs, with my cats in them.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48# ..Lord God almighty... #
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I want to be a pop star because Beyonce used to be in a choir
0:11:51 > 0:11:55and that's how she become a pop star, so, yeah.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01# Amen. #
0:12:04 > 0:12:0624, 25, 26,
0:12:06 > 0:12:1027, 28, 29, 30!
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I can see you!
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Nine-year-old Jade spends most of her time
0:12:19 > 0:12:23playing carefree in her Toxteth cul-de-sac.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Hold on to me!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27'I'd describe myself'
0:12:27 > 0:12:29as a nice friend
0:12:29 > 0:12:32and just very happy.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I love everybody.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Can I have some flake on the top?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Here you are, baby girl. - Thank you!- Thank you.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44'We live in a very crowded place
0:12:44 > 0:12:46'with lots and lots of kids'
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and we all have fun and we have,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52like, Muslim people, we have Indian people.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56This is Aveel. This is Yusuf 1.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- This is Balal.- Bye! - This is Jasmine.- Hi.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- This is Tyreece.- Ice cream. - This is Yusuf 2.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- This is Bella and I'm Jade. - 2, Bella 2.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Although she has free run around the close,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14there are still strict boundaries to where Jade can and can't go.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18This is the lamp post I can't go past.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23I don't go past it because my dad usually says I can't,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and I'm a good girl, so I listen to him.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28And I don't go past it EVER.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31And if I do go past it, I do get shouted at.
0:13:31 > 0:13:38I can stand by it, but I can't go past...this lamp post over there,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41but I don't really like going past it anyway, so I wouldn't go past it.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I would say the close has been...
0:13:45 > 0:13:51It's big enough for her just now, but as she's ten in a week or so,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54she is growing up now and I know there's going to be times
0:13:54 > 0:13:57where I'll have to tie a piece of string on her
0:13:57 > 0:14:00and let her go a little bit but I can still drag her in.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08With her tenth birthday fast approaching,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Jade may want more independence,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13but she's also apprehensive of the wider world.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19The outside sometimes does scare me a little bit
0:14:19 > 0:14:25cos of things going on, like crimes and, like, people getting hurt.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32MOTORBIKE ENGINE ROARS
0:14:36 > 0:14:39The motorbikes are back, aren't they?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Just a bit earlier tonight than normal.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47They keep you up at night when you're trying to get to sleep
0:14:47 > 0:14:51and it's the sound. Grrr! It scares me.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Well, one, they can't come in here and do anything.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55They might crash into the fence.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I know, but they crash into the fence, they'll hurt themselves.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I can fix the fence, can't I?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03It shocks you though, cos you're asleep like that. You're, like...
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- All nice and peaceful. - Then you're, like...
0:15:06 > 0:15:08'I am scared easily.'
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Big thing is...motorbikes
0:15:12 > 0:15:17because the loud noise is really, really loud.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You never know when they're coming
0:15:19 > 0:15:22and they could just come around the corner
0:15:22 > 0:15:25when you're not looking and something could happen.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28And that's why I'm scared of them.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36One at a time. Single file.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40In the cathedral practice room, the choir are exploring
0:15:40 > 0:15:43how their imaginations can affect their feelings.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Hello. Today, we're going to be sitting in a semicircle.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Go! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen fifteen, sixteen,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. Stay there. Stay there.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And then start doing that. It looks like you've got a bubble.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Oh, my God!- Let me do it to you.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08We're going to be listening to some scary sounds today
0:16:08 > 0:16:11and while we listen to them, I want you to have your eyes closed
0:16:11 > 0:16:14and I want you to really form pictures in your imagination.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I've got a huge imagination.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Some sounds, you can imagine what can happen and, in real life,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26that thing might not really happen.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30But if you imagine it, you're thinking what COULD happen.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I think of all sorts of stories in my head
0:16:34 > 0:16:38and I like thinking of stories in my head when I'm lonely,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40because that kind of cheers me up.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45PIERCING WHISTLING TYPE SOUND
0:16:52 > 0:16:56PIERCING WHISTLING SOUND CONTINUES
0:17:03 > 0:17:05SOUND STOPS
0:17:05 > 0:17:09It was quite annoying, actually, that one.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I thought it was quite scary
0:17:12 > 0:17:16because I was imagining this really scary story in morse code.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I always imagine very scary things.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And then it started giving me a really bad headache.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Yeah, it's really annoying. - I know, very annoying.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Er, so, we've got lots of people laughing.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Do you want to listen to another sound?- ALL: Yeah!
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Do you want it to be scarier? More scary or less scary?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Scarier!- Less.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42'Fear - I think what it looks like is danger.'
0:17:42 > 0:17:47You see, like, red and not really that much colours
0:17:47 > 0:17:51cos colours is like rainbows, happy stuff.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54So, please, eyes closed for those brave enough to do it
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and let's wait until we listen to our sound.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03LOUD WHIRRING, CLANGING AND WOBBLING SOUND
0:18:07 > 0:18:09(Eyes closed.)
0:18:11 > 0:18:13(Eyes closed.)
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I don't think I want to do it any more.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25(Do you not want to do it any more?)
0:18:25 > 0:18:31When I'm scared, the things that go on in my head is just crazy.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It's like...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36loosing the plot and it's just crazy.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Have a little break. You're totally fine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44You don't really need a real danger to be scared in a safe place,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47cos my house is a safe place - I know that -
0:18:47 > 0:18:49but I can still be scared of it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Anybody who doesn't like it, you don't have to stay at all.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55My biggest fear in life,
0:18:55 > 0:19:00it's probably growing up and going to a new stage in life.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I'm, like, terrified of clowns. I don't like them,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and I've been scared of the dark since I was little,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09so I won't go upstairs in my house if it's dark
0:19:09 > 0:19:11because I'm just terrified of it.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15I'm quite worried and scared someone might kidnap me...
0:19:16 > 0:19:18..or I might just get lost.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29CHILD SHOUTS OUT EXCITEDLY
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Off the west coast of Scotland, with its mountains and beaches...
0:19:35 > 0:19:38This is beach-tastic!
0:19:38 > 0:19:43..the Isle of Mull is the ultimate children's playground.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49I'm quite lucky to live on Mull. I've got a lot of freedom.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55I can just go off and play in the fields and chase sheep.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- We get to live in the most beautiful island.- Me too.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Bye, Mummy. - Bye, honey, have a good day.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- Bye.- Wave bye-bye to Tilda. Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14If you look really, really close, you can see a star in the water.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Growing up on Mull is...really good.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Yes, I do feel very free. I feel like a burst of freedom.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I love Mull!
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Except the tourists.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Whoa!
0:20:32 > 0:20:35SHE SCREAMS
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Excellent. So, chat to your partner. What are you going to do?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Ulva Primary has a single class of just eight pupils,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48aged from five to ten years old.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- Ooh, Matilda?- Yeah. - Blue and yellow make green.- I know.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Yeah, I know. - Let's do it slightly quicker.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Kate, you don't have to.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07I really, really, really need you to work with me,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11otherwise we won't get this done.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17Children are like...annoying little dwarves.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22They're very annoying cos some of them can be quite polite
0:21:22 > 0:21:25and some of them can be very naughty
0:21:25 > 0:21:28and some of them can be weird.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Bruce, are you scared of dogs?- Yes.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37What if it was a police and it said, "You have to meet my dog",
0:21:37 > 0:21:42what would you say? And if you said, "No", he would arrest you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46So, what would you do? Would you have to say, "Yes"?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Yeah, I'd have to say, "Yes."
0:21:49 > 0:21:55And what if the police said, "It's a very nice dog to children"?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- Would you go and stroke it?- Yeah. - What if it bit you?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Um...
0:22:04 > 0:22:08These days, telescopes can only see as far as the moon.
0:22:09 > 0:22:16These telescopes in the future can see much, much further.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21They can see 40 times further.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29CHICKENS CLUCK
0:22:29 > 0:22:30These are the chickens.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33..Four, five, six.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38And there's one egg, right really inside, near the door.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Five-year-old Bruce lives on his family's smallholding
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and has much more space to roam than most city kids his age.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I never want to change houses with this one,
0:22:49 > 0:22:54cos I really like this house, cos we live right in front of a beach.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Whee!
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I feel like I've got freedom
0:22:59 > 0:23:05because we're sort of, like, living in the middle of nowhere.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11It's quite fun because you can just play around.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I think like I'm more special living here.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20BRUCE HUMS
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Bruce doesn't just explore on foot,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26he lets his imagination run wild too.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29First time I teleported,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33I teleported to China to get some noodles.
0:23:36 > 0:23:43The second time I teleported, I went to Australia to go surfboarding
0:23:43 > 0:23:48and have a nice hot sunbathe and also have an ice cream.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Can you see me? I'm right here.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59When I got tired, instead of sitting down, I fell.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I fell on the ground.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Wait, but it wasn't ground. I was flying.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14My imagination does sometimes freak me out.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Argh!
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Uh-oh, it happened again.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Help!
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Daddy, help!
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Sounds like he's an evil dentist. - The dangers. God.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32In the classroom,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35the group are talking about common childhood worries.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38OK, Bruce, your turn.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Bruce has always lived in the same home...
0:24:41 > 0:24:44OK, there's no real reason to fear that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47..and has chosen moving house as his big fear.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Well...
0:24:51 > 0:24:53If the house moves,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- it could probably be the wind.- No!
0:24:58 > 0:25:02So, like, say you lived right over there somewhere,
0:25:02 > 0:25:07in one of the houses, well, now you've moved up to Ballygown.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Were you scared about that? No?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I was a baby when we moved house.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Well, the thing is is that there is a sort of reason to fear,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21cos if you're moving from here to Salen,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- you might fear losing your friends. - Or maybe if you move...
0:25:24 > 0:25:29No, maybe moving here to America - that might be more...
0:25:29 > 0:25:30That would be very scary.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34OK, or maybe moving to Spain, cos that's a bit scary,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37moving to Spain, because that has got tornadoes.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Totally different, different from here.- Can I say one thing though?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Because when I saw my house, I was freaked out,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45because my house was horrible.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Things that freak me out...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51If I'm older and I work for space,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I might go into space and I'll get scared.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I might get hit by a meteor...
0:25:59 > 0:26:03..and I might get sucked in by a black hole
0:26:03 > 0:26:05or I might run out of air.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08So, anyone who thinks there's a reason
0:26:08 > 0:26:10to fear moving house, hands up.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13One, two, three...
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- And no real reason to fear?- I don't think there's a reason to fear.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Bruce? Matilda? Do you think there's a reason to fear moving house?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- Yeah.- OK, so that's a reason to fear.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Chorister Jade has reached a landmark in her life.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- JADE'S MUM LAUGHS - I'm laughing!
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- CHEERING - Whoo, whoo! Whoo!
0:26:47 > 0:26:49What have you got, Jade?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- I got an iPhone! - JADE SQUEALS
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- So, what does this mean? - I can phone people!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01THEY LAUGH
0:27:02 > 0:27:05What's the first thing you're going to do with the phone?
0:27:05 > 0:27:11- Put a pass code, so Mum can't go on it.- Ooh!
0:27:11 > 0:27:18Mum, can I get Snapchat and just have friends like Bella?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Can we just get used to the phone first for you...- OK.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24..before you start Snapchatting?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28All these social things that I am not on.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- I want to take a photo of Balal, I don't know why.- Straightaway.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Daddy! Mummy!- Say hi.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42She's ten! She's two figures!
0:27:42 > 0:27:45What are we going to do? Her life's flashing in front of me.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50No, she is growing up so much and she is sensible,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53but at the same time, she is just a child and, you know,
0:27:53 > 0:27:59I would want her to stay a child, be a child and just, you know, play.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Stand there.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07I suppose we'll welcome everything that's got to come, really,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09even though it is reluctantly.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14People don't get me when I say I'm excited to grow up
0:28:14 > 0:28:20but I'm scared to grow up. I'm scared about the responsibilities.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23What you doing? Oh, no, gosh!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- Just shush, Pie Face!- Stop!
0:28:25 > 0:28:29'Something about being older, because I don't want to grow up,'
0:28:29 > 0:28:32but it's about getting taller and I want to be tall.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35LAUGHTER
0:28:35 > 0:28:36You don't want to grow up?
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Never. Cos then, you have to take care of yourself,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46you have to leave your mum and dad to get a new home,
0:28:46 > 0:28:50and then you can only see your mum and dad at, like, weekends,
0:28:50 > 0:28:52but I want to stay.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Cos excitement is like, "Yes! Yes!",
0:29:01 > 0:29:05but fear is, like, "I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it!
0:29:05 > 0:29:08"No, don't make me!"
0:29:08 > 0:29:12I can control my fear, like. I can control how I feel,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15but sometimes, like, when you're really scared,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18it just feels like you're just erupting.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24I think it's important to overcome fears
0:29:24 > 0:29:27because if you don't really overcome fears,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30you're never really going to do anything that you really want to do.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36At the drama class,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39the children are sharing some of their greatest fears.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45I'm scared of heights, clowns and the last one's quite a funny one.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I'm scared of spilt-over milk.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- LAUGHTER - I hate it.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Tell me more.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54I don't know why it makes me feel scared,
0:29:54 > 0:29:59but if I see spilt-over milk, I'll run away.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I'd say I'm quite scared of the dark,
0:30:02 > 0:30:06but the problem is is that I'm too small
0:30:06 > 0:30:08to reach any of the light switches upstairs,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11so when I'm going up to do stuff, it really...
0:30:11 > 0:30:16like, gives me the creeps, cos I can't reach the light switches,
0:30:16 > 0:30:20so I just have to wait till someone comes up or shout at them.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24But it's quite annoying having to go upstairs in the dark
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- and know you can't turn on the lights.- Mm.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36'The occupational therapists put in a banister on the wall for me
0:30:36 > 0:30:40'and they also got me steps to get in my bath.'
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Changes are being made to Eoin's house
0:30:42 > 0:30:45to help him gain more independence.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Cos I'm nine and I don't want to keep having my mum
0:30:48 > 0:30:50lifting me in and lifting me out.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53It's starting the get to the point now
0:30:53 > 0:30:56where he wants to do the dishes, therefore the stool.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59You know, if you want to do it, I'm not going to stop you!
0:31:04 > 0:31:07As Eoin gets older and his body grows,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11he's starting to face challenges on long walks too.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I'll hand it to you. You can hold it for me.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17'I get really, really tired when I walk around
0:31:17 > 0:31:21'and I just hate walking long distances.'
0:31:22 > 0:31:27The back of my legs hurt and it can get really, like, uncomfortable
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and I have to sit down for, like, ten minutes
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and then it goes away and then I walk for a bit longer.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I'll carry the tablecloth in.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39'Eoin has started to say things like his legs hurts,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42'things that he hasn't ever complained about before,'
0:31:42 > 0:31:45and he's genuine cos he doesn't really complain about pain
0:31:45 > 0:31:49unless he really has it, so, you know, we're watching that.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53With his pains becoming more frequent,
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Eoin's mum has booked an appointment with the occupational therapist
0:31:57 > 0:31:59to try to find a solution for him.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09At the cathedral, overcoming fears is being put to the test.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Let me tell you a bit about what's going to happen.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21So, there are four people outside and they don't know
0:32:21 > 0:32:24what is inside each of these three tubes
0:32:24 > 0:32:26and if they're up for the challenge,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30they're going to put their hand inside of this jar
0:32:30 > 0:32:34and they're going to feel around until they find something inside it
0:32:34 > 0:32:35that they have to retrieve.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38What do you think could be in these tubes?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- Spiders.- Don't even say that!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Sorry.- Or sand.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Spiders. Loads and loads and loads of spiders.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Or goo. Or goo or something really eurgh.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- Spiders on the floor. - Like, really eurgh!
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Eurgh! Eurgh!
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Come in, Meira.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01'I really like winning.'
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I wouldn't say this counts as winning,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07but I went for my grade 1 singing exam and I got the highest mark
0:33:07 > 0:33:11in the region out of all three of my friends - 142 out of 150 -
0:33:11 > 0:33:15so, I felt that I definitely won there.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21In this middle tube is something that you might find frightening.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25- Do you want to accept your challenge or...?- I'm not sure.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- You can do it!- You can do it, Meira!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- We believe in you! - Just put your hand in.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32We believe in you.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Have faith in yourself that you can be brave enough
0:33:35 > 0:33:37because you can do anything when you set your mind to it.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42You don't have to do it if you don't want to.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45I want to do it and I don't want to do it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I just have an odd feeling
0:33:52 > 0:33:55that, if I'm going to do it and say, "No, I don't want to do it,"
0:33:55 > 0:33:58somebody else is going to prove they CAN do it.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Well, I'm scared of the dark, I'm claustrophobic,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I'm scared of getting lost,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I'm scared of spiders and I'm scared of being unsuccessful.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20For nine-year-old Meira, her school morning starts early.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I wake up at 5.50 in the morning.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Then I snuggle in my mum and dad's bed from 5.50 to 6 o'clock.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Then I do my Bible study from 6 o'clock to 6.10.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35And then I do something called Kumon,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37which is just my work
0:34:37 > 0:34:40and I have my English...
0:34:41 > 0:34:43..and my maths.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45And after I do that, I have a shower
0:34:45 > 0:34:47and I get dressed in my school uniform.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Then I have my piano practice from 7.30 to 8 o'clock
0:34:50 > 0:34:52and then I go to school.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57These are all my medals.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02This one was one that I got for my work - my English and maths -
0:35:02 > 0:35:04and I got a silver.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07This one I got for a rock-and-roll fun run
0:35:07 > 0:35:11and this one is for a poetry competition that I won.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16# There was a jolly miller once
0:35:16 > 0:35:20# Lived on the River Dee... #
0:35:20 > 0:35:24She does strive to be the best, without a shadow of a doubt.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Maybe it's instilled by me, in the sense I've grown up
0:35:27 > 0:35:30in a culture where we do not know or like failure.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34We want her to be an independent, successful person
0:35:34 > 0:35:36who can look after herself
0:35:36 > 0:35:40and, perhaps, maintain the lifestyle we've given her to carry on.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43# No, not I
0:35:43 > 0:35:47# If nobody cares for me. #
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Then I'll cut it off.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Meira's father is a surgeon and she hopes
0:35:58 > 0:36:01to one day follow in his medial footsteps.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I really want to become a vet when I'm older
0:36:04 > 0:36:06and I know I have to work hard
0:36:06 > 0:36:09to be able to become one, so I study a lot.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Otherwise, I prefer reading.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15So, what have you done?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18What I have I taught you before about how to strap a leg?
0:36:18 > 0:36:24You said to take it around the waist and then put it on the leg.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Very good. So, how much have you given yourself, points out of ten?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- Nine.- Nine?- Yeah.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32OK, I'll tell you why it's a little lower than nine,
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- because you've got to see all the toes, right? Do you know why?- No.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39If your bandage is too tight, the leg swells up
0:36:39 > 0:36:42and you've got to be able to watch the toes
0:36:42 > 0:36:45to check whether there's any swelling,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48if there's blood flowing and if everything is OK.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49- OK.- That's pretty good though.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Meira's recently been pushing extra hard
0:36:56 > 0:36:58to try to pass an upcoming entrance exam
0:36:58 > 0:37:01to one of the top schools in the North-west.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06I think moving school would be a bit scary, a bit nerve-racking.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10I'm a bit nervous, really excited
0:37:10 > 0:37:13and a bit taken aback, all at the same time.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17This is my Harry Potter Time-Turner.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22Hermione Granger uses it because she can't do all her subjects at once,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25so what she does is she uses the Time-Turner
0:37:25 > 0:37:28so she can visit all the subjects she missed.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I wish I had one, cos I could finish all my work in time then as well.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36To me, "failing" is a very bad word
0:37:36 > 0:37:42because failing means you're very unsuccessful
0:37:42 > 0:37:44and I don't want to be unsuccessful.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I'm doing this so I won't fail.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50So, failing - I don't like failing.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00OK, decision time, Meira.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Are you going to face the unknown or are you going to pass?
0:38:11 > 0:38:15CHILDREN WHISPER A CHANT: Meira! Meira! Meira! Meira!
0:38:15 > 0:38:17- I'll do it.- Go on then.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - I'll try.- Go for it.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24This is just so weird.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Eurgh, that felt weird! I don't like that, I don't like that!
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- Grab it and then throw it on the floor.- It just feels so weird.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I'm sure you can do this.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- What type of thing is it?- You don't have to if you don't want to.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- MALE TEACHER:- You're almost there. That's it, that's it. You've got it.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Have you pulled it out?
0:38:49 > 0:38:53SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER
0:38:53 > 0:38:58- What is it? A spoon?- That is not at all scary!- Give her a clap.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Oh, my God!
0:39:03 > 0:39:04So, compare how you feel now
0:39:04 > 0:39:07to how you felt about two minutes ago before you'd done it.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Well, I felt really scared at first,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12because I thought, "Ooh, I think I might not do this."
0:39:12 > 0:39:16I was a bit unsure and then I realised
0:39:16 > 0:39:19that if anybody else could do it, why can't I do it?
0:39:21 > 0:39:27When your mind plays tricks on you, it's, like...
0:39:27 > 0:39:29there's nothing really there,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32but your mind's telling you that there is.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36If the water's really dark and I'm the only one in the water
0:39:36 > 0:39:40or I look down and the water's just, like, really dark,
0:39:40 > 0:39:43I keep thinking there's something going to come up
0:39:43 > 0:39:45and eat me and drag me down.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48My head's telling me that...
0:39:48 > 0:39:52I don't know why, but it just tells me that I should be scared.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I'm, like, "No, I don't want to be scared. I can't be scared."
0:39:55 > 0:39:58SHE GASPS AND SCREAMS
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Nine-year-old Eoin's recently been struggling with leg pain
0:40:08 > 0:40:10on long family days out.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Today, he's come to see his occupational therapist,
0:40:14 > 0:40:16as they have something to help.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21OK. And then there's that and a footrest there.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27When I first heard I'm getting a wheelchair,
0:40:27 > 0:40:28I was, like, "Oh, that's cool."
0:40:28 > 0:40:32And then I think about it and I'm, like, "A wheelchair?! Really?!"
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- I feel really unstable. - You feel unstable?- Yeah, weird.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Hold on, you're not going to fall out - you've got a seatbelt on.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44All right? Bit rough, isn't it?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- You want to go over this bump? - Um, OK. Try it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51No, no, no, no.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- Got ya!- I don't like that. - Do you not like it? Sorry.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00'When I just think about seeing people in wheelchairs
0:41:00 > 0:41:02'and everyone stares at them and things like that,'
0:41:02 > 0:41:04I don't want that to happen to me.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10- CHILD:- Why's he in a wheelchair?
0:41:10 > 0:41:12It's for him when we go on long days out,
0:41:12 > 0:41:14cos he gets really tired walking.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- CHILD'S MUM:- I bet your arms get tired though, don't they?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Yeah, so for step we take, he has to take two.- Oh!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- You just need to get used to it. - Do I look weird?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26No, you don't look weird.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- You look fine.- Are you just saying that cos you're my mum?
0:41:29 > 0:41:32No, I'm not just saying that because I'm your mum.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33You don't look weird, Eoin.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37I think I would describe fear, like,
0:41:37 > 0:41:41where you feel almost left out
0:41:41 > 0:41:44and, like, really, um...
0:41:46 > 0:41:48..shaky and things.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53It's hard to manage it but it's good practice.
0:41:56 > 0:42:01'I try to face things that kind of make me miss out on things.'
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Like all my friends are going down the ramps at the skate park
0:42:05 > 0:42:08and I was quite scared to go down them and then I tried it
0:42:08 > 0:42:11and then, after a while, it felt really easy.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- Got it?- Yeah.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- Mum, I did it! - Yeah, that was good. Well done.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- It's very hard not to hit those things.- Yeah.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Eoin's only planning to sit in the wheelchair
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- at the end of long days out. - Oh, right on.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38But he now knows it's there whenever he feels the need.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- Just pull back.- Pull back. Oh, right.- It just goes down like that.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Cool, it's fine like that. A little bit heavy.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48'I think about being different.'
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I just think it's, like, OK.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Cos you're different, it's not a big deal.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57It's not like it's the end of the world that you're different.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12At Eoin's drama class, a prop has been left...
0:43:15 > 0:43:19..to see if the group will fear the consequences of breaking the rules.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23"Do not press."
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Sometimes when I'm hyper, I break rules.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30I'll get a bit hyper and then I talk back to someone,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33which I sometimes find quite funny.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37ALARM SOUNDS AND CHILDREN SHOUT
0:43:39 > 0:43:42The reason we go to school is to learn the rules
0:43:42 > 0:43:47and what not to do so you don't make those mistakes when you're older,
0:43:47 > 0:43:50and then it will ruin things that you do,
0:43:50 > 0:43:53so you could go to jail or something,
0:43:53 > 0:43:56cos you weren't following the rules.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58We're all going to die!
0:43:58 > 0:44:01ALARM SOUNDS AND CHILDREN SHOUT
0:44:04 > 0:44:08I get peer pressure quite a lot when my friends do things like that
0:44:08 > 0:44:12and then they try to encourage me and I have to do it.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15I almost feel like I need to.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17ALARM SOUNDS
0:44:17 > 0:44:19"Do not press."
0:44:19 > 0:44:22ALARM SOUNDS AND CHILDREN SHOUT
0:44:22 > 0:44:27On the Isle of Mull, the pupils are also faced with the warning.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35Five-year-olds Matilda and Bruce are the youngest in the class.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Don't press. "Do not press".
0:44:45 > 0:44:50- Why do you not have to press that anyway?- Cos you're only four.
0:44:52 > 0:44:57The red button - I don't know what it would do,
0:44:57 > 0:45:02but I could probably have a big, big think
0:45:02 > 0:45:06and think so much that my brain will explode.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Maybe that's the new fire alarm.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Eddie, look. "Don't..."
0:45:20 > 0:45:23"Press". "Press".
0:45:23 > 0:45:27- Eddie, don't press that. - Don't press that red button.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Kate!
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- Don't!- (Don't press it.)
0:45:36 > 0:45:40Do not press it. I know what it is, but do not press it.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46- WHISPERING - (Don't touch it.)
0:45:46 > 0:45:48WHISPERING
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Do not touch. I know what it is, but do not touch.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Parents usually do rules because...
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Mainly, they're safety rules,
0:46:04 > 0:46:08like, "Don't go over to those rocks because they are super slippy.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10"Don't forget to close the gate."
0:46:10 > 0:46:14All those safety rules are quite important,
0:46:14 > 0:46:16but some aren't that important.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21I've never broken a rule except once, when I stole a chip.
0:46:23 > 0:46:24A chip.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28- What's happening? - We don't know what this is.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32- There's a "Do not touch" sign with the red button.- OK.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35I don't want to press it but then I do want to press it.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Why do you want to press it?
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Cos it's big and red and I want to see what it does.
0:46:40 > 0:46:45Adults make up a lot of rules that are fair and unfair.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48Bruce, you and Matilda were in the room first.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Matilda, Bruce, why did you not press the button?
0:46:53 > 0:46:57Because we didn't know what it was going to do.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00- And it says, "Do not press".- OK.
0:47:00 > 0:47:05My own rules are, "Don't get lost...
0:47:07 > 0:47:09"..don't eat too much food
0:47:09 > 0:47:12"and don't eat too many sugary things."
0:47:12 > 0:47:16Why don't we all put our hands on the button and press it together?
0:47:16 > 0:47:19CHILDREN: Yeah, yeah!
0:47:19 > 0:47:21I don't really agree.
0:47:21 > 0:47:26Matilda and Bruce, why don't you want to press it?
0:47:26 > 0:47:32Because it might be something that we're not allowed to do.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36It would be quite scary to break the rules
0:47:36 > 0:47:40because someone would get in trouble.
0:47:40 > 0:47:45If we all hold hands, one hand, and then we put our other hand on,
0:47:45 > 0:47:47will you do it?
0:47:47 > 0:47:51- Come on. - I don't want anyone to press it.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Oh, but everyone wants to press it!
0:47:53 > 0:47:55No, I don't think we should touch it.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58- Let's not touch it. No! - HE GROANS
0:47:58 > 0:48:04- This is boring! It's always your decision.- It's OUR decision.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17This has become our favourite page, hasn't it,
0:48:17 > 0:48:22- with people extremely excited about their results?- Yeah.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Meira recently took an exam
0:48:24 > 0:48:28to get into one of the top schools in the North-west.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32Despite her fears of failure, she performed well and got in.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36- My acceptance letter.- Is that your acceptance letter?- Yeah.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40I'm moving school because I think Mummy wants me to...
0:48:40 > 0:48:44because my dream ambition is to become a vet
0:48:44 > 0:48:48and I think Mummy wants to give me more of a chance to become one.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Meira had to work quite hard.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53If you want to aim for universities like Cambridge,
0:48:53 > 0:48:55you have to work very, very hard,
0:48:55 > 0:48:59so it's better to be in a place where you can handle pressure.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03- One of the best girls' schools... - In the world?
0:49:03 > 0:49:07Well, it's rated as one of the top ten schools in the UK.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10So, it's scary, exciting, and I'm nervous.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13Scary, exciting, nerve-racking.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18- So, there is no gain without... - Pain.- Quite right.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20In my new school,
0:49:20 > 0:49:24I think it's going to be way more competitive than it is already.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28My friends already say I'm pretty competitive but then I feel like,
0:49:28 > 0:49:31"Don't worry, friends, I'll bring you one of my friends
0:49:31 > 0:49:34"from my new school and you'll see who is competitive."
0:49:37 > 0:49:38To be nearer to the school,
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Meira's family have made the decision to move to Manchester.
0:49:42 > 0:49:46I'm very happy and very sad as well. I'm very happy that they've done it,
0:49:46 > 0:49:49but I'm very sad I've got to leave my friends.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53It's a good thing at a young age to learn to move to new places,
0:49:53 > 0:49:56because you're going to do that when you're older,
0:49:56 > 0:49:59so you have to learn to be adaptable, isn't it?
0:49:59 > 0:50:02- Hopefully, I will. - No, "YES, I will!"
0:50:02 > 0:50:06- I said, "Yes."- Not "Hopefully, I will." "Yes, I will."
0:50:06 > 0:50:10The bond with my friends is basically, literally, unbreakable.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14I mean, it just feels really bad to leave them, almost,
0:50:14 > 0:50:17with only two years left in school.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19I even asked Mummy, "Can't I just move
0:50:19 > 0:50:21"when it's time for senior school?"
0:50:21 > 0:50:23She said, "No, I want you to move now."
0:50:23 > 0:50:26I was just, like, "Why?
0:50:26 > 0:50:30"Why can't I just spend the last two years with my friends?"
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- Are you all excited?- Yeah. - Are you all excited?
0:50:33 > 0:50:38You'll have a great time, and the best thing is meeting new friends.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Before Meira can make new friends,
0:50:46 > 0:50:49she's saying goodbye to the ones she's leaving behind.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56A tea party is being held in her honour.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01She's going to Manchester,
0:51:01 > 0:51:05- which is why we're having a little celebration.- Yes.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09Not really a celebration. It's sad.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11It's a celebration to get rid of Meira.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14- It's not!- That would be stupid!
0:51:16 > 0:51:18'I've made loads of close friends at school
0:51:18 > 0:51:21'and leaving them's really difficult because I've been with them'
0:51:21 > 0:51:24for a really long time and it's hard to leave people like that.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Meira, I want to ask you a question.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28What was your favourite cake or scone
0:51:28 > 0:51:31or anything that you had today?
0:51:32 > 0:51:34The Victoria sponge cake.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36That's just how stupid they are.
0:51:36 > 0:51:41- Stupid! - You are the most stupid of all.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43MEIRA LAUGHS
0:51:43 > 0:51:45I didn't really want to leave at first,
0:51:45 > 0:51:47but then I realised it's a good chance for me,
0:51:47 > 0:51:50so in a way I want to, in a way I don't want to at all.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55I'm going to miss Meira because she's been a great friend
0:51:55 > 0:52:01and also I will never, ever forget your funniest times.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04We're all going to be crying tomorrow.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06- We really don't want Meira to leave. - Yeah.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09It makes me kind of sad
0:52:09 > 0:52:13because it makes me feel like I don't want to leave you. Yeah.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17It feels as if, like my heart's dipped down really, really low,
0:52:17 > 0:52:22almost into my stomach, because you just have that feeling
0:52:22 > 0:52:23that you're never going to see them again.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29'As many times as people say it,
0:52:29 > 0:52:32'you're just not going to see them again and it makes you feel'
0:52:32 > 0:52:34like this is just really upsetting.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37I just can't leave them.
0:52:37 > 0:52:45- ALL: Cheeeeeeese!- My kneeeeees!
0:52:52 > 0:52:54At the drama group,
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Eoin and his friends are being asked to tackle their phobias.
0:52:57 > 0:53:04Under this cloth are giant cockroaches.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06CHILDREN GASP AND SQUEAL
0:53:06 > 0:53:09- Yes!- No!- Awesome!
0:53:10 > 0:53:15Ooh, I can see them. They don't look gross.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16What's next?
0:53:18 > 0:53:23- Is a stick insect next? - Under this cover...
0:53:25 > 0:53:28..is a house spider.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33It's rather a large house spider.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37- It's tiny.- Where is it?
0:53:37 > 0:53:39- That's tiny. It's there. - I can't even see it.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41That's absolutely tiny.
0:53:41 > 0:53:45OK, under here is a giant tarantula.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48CHILDREN SHOUT AND SCREAM
0:53:48 > 0:53:50Seriously?
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- I think you have one in your ear! - OK...
0:53:55 > 0:53:59- CHILDREN GASP AND SHOUT - It's huge!
0:53:59 > 0:54:06- Who here is feeling really scared? - Middle.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08I think you get braver as you're older
0:54:08 > 0:54:11cos you can't be born brave and, like, do everything.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13Nothing really scares me.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17It's like, if you don't think about all the negatives,
0:54:17 > 0:54:20nothing can scare you so, yeah...
0:54:23 > 0:54:27- It's on my hand.- Keep your hands still. Don't pull your hands away.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Well done.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33I'm doing it!
0:54:33 > 0:54:37The thing is, with fear, I suppose you have to really overcome it,
0:54:37 > 0:54:40so fear's sort of something good, actually.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46That's it. Shake hands.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49Well done.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52'When I'm older, I want to be a scientist or an actor.'
0:54:52 > 0:54:56I'm going to try not to let fear get in my way of my goals.
0:54:56 > 0:55:00Just touch through the end. You come to me.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Expectations do drive me on in a way,
0:55:03 > 0:55:07because it's a bit like they're pointing the way,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10they're showing you that you've got to do this to get to this,
0:55:10 > 0:55:17so it drives you somewhere and you eventually get to your destination.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Put your hands flat.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Can you see his eyes on the top, look?
0:55:23 > 0:55:28If you worry too much, really it's not a good thing to worry,
0:55:28 > 0:55:31because you miss out on all the happy things
0:55:31 > 0:55:34and the exciting things that you can do.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36If you look underneath, can you see his fangs?
0:55:36 > 0:55:39- Eurgh!- It's got fangs.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46In Liverpool, Jade is ready to face
0:55:46 > 0:55:49her fear of the world outside her cul-de-sac.
0:55:49 > 0:55:54The thought of going to the newsagent's shop is exciting
0:55:54 > 0:55:57and also, it's scary.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03So, we're going to the shop.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06This rite of passage will involve crossing the road by herself
0:56:06 > 0:56:08for the very first time.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11It's bound to be expected now
0:56:11 > 0:56:14that she wants to go a bit further afield
0:56:14 > 0:56:17and go on a little adventure more.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19And I think we have to let her.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21It's like that throwing them in at the deep end.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25We do have to let her go out there and experience some of it.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28It's how far she wants to go.
0:56:28 > 0:56:32- Probably by her age, I was going to town.- That's your age, that.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34I just need to say that was the olden days.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37You need to stay there.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40So, you know what to do, what you do when you get to the road?
0:56:40 > 0:56:43- Listen and look both ways.- OK.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49'The most important thing about getting older
0:56:49 > 0:56:51'is trying new things because, usually,'
0:56:51 > 0:56:55if you are scared of something and you do overcome it,
0:56:55 > 0:56:58it's really like you're not really scared of it any more
0:56:58 > 0:57:00and you can do it if you want to.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07Oops, oops, she's doing it. She's gone for it.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18- Yeah!- I had little butterflies in my tummy then.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26'It does feel special when you're overcoming your fear'
0:57:26 > 0:57:30because it's like conquering the world and you know that you did it
0:57:30 > 0:57:34and you're proud that you did it and you're really happy that you did it.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Pooh! Whoo!
0:57:39 > 0:57:41JADE'S MUM LAUGHS
0:57:41 > 0:57:45- I did it, I did it, I did it! - I know. How do you feel?
0:57:45 > 0:57:47Ooh, I don't know!
0:57:47 > 0:57:49THEY LAUGH
0:57:49 > 0:57:53- Next time...- Yeah, but you still can't cheat in a test.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55..how kids see right from wrong.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57- I vote for silence.- Silence.
0:57:57 > 0:58:02- There's temptation...- But I'm still thinking I want to peek.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05- ..questions of retaliation... - I want to pop their head.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07..and pressure from their peers.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09We're dividing the money, OK?