The Adult World The World According to Kids

Wey-yuh!

When you're young, everything's an adventure.

We're growing, bursting with ideas.

And facing fresh challenges every single day.

Stand back, and make sure you're wearing your goggles.

I'm from one of six groups of children, all over the country,

who are filming their lives.

Oliver, are you all right?

From high-rise tower blocks...

Hi. Bye. My room is so big!

..to our remotest islands.

I love Mull!

"Stop it! Stop it!"

"We were only kissing."

"I know, but stop it!"

For six months, we've had cameras in our homes, clubs,

we've even filmed ourselves.

To share moments of love...

You all right, darling?

..loss...

and drama.

I told you. I'm not saying a word.

Through our own eyes.

BANG!

Giving us a big voice...

Cash!

Let me count. Let me count this.

..to tell you what we really think of the world.

Wow, my mum's the tooth fairy.

That's shocking.

This week, how we see the world of adults.

Money!

Money! Ooh!

The problems grown-ups face...

They don't care about the people that haven't got jobs.

..big life choices...

I'm not going to force you to wear a hijab, though.

It's about you. What you want.

..and what we'd do if we were in charge.

A person's life is more important than dog's life.

I'm sorry, it is. It is.

When you're an adult, you have to get a job,

to pay for things and things like that.

But when you're a child, you, like, don't notice any of that.

You just, like, play and things like that.

You go to school and be, like, "Oh, I don't want to go to school."

When you're an adult you're probably going to miss the...

the fun that you had being a child.

Like, going on rollercoasters, playing on your Xbox.

Being an adult is boring, because you have to go to work every day.

You have to feed your children every day.

You have to drop them off boxing or football, anywhere.

It's a bit tiring.

I think the best thing about being grown-up

is you have more freedom than when you're a child.

You can do anything.

You can go anywhere.

And nobody tells you to clean your room.

Yep.

CHOIR SINGS

A new key, here we go.

'Located in the heart of Merseyside the Liverpool Cathedral Junior Choir

'are having their weekly rehearsal.'

One more of those, three...

'Made up of children from all over the city,

'the group regularly perform at special events in the region.'

I just love singing.

I like singing because it makes me feel happy.

I went to the cathedral because they said that Beyonce used to be

in a choir, and that's how she became a pop star, so... Yeah.

I know, I thought I was going to miss that again.

'Ten-year-old Jade has been a member of the choir for two years.

This is my close, where we all play and stuff.

'She lives with her mum and dad in Toxteth, is the youngest of four,

'and the only girl.'

We wanted a baby. We wanted a girl.

It took a long time.

When she come along, we were like, "That's it.

"That's it. That's the one."

So, yeah, I think we are slightly protective over her.

My dad, what I've learned from my dad

is just to have a sense of humour.

Just have fun all the time.

And with my mum, it's like...

Um, be kind to other people.

Read all the time, because that's, like, good education.

Right, you grab that one.

'Jade's parents believe church and religion will help her

'become a good adult, and make the right decisions growing up.'

It gives her family values.

That's how it should be.

It gives her a good foundation.

I believe in the church.

And how it can change you.

Like, change you as a person.

Can we just pass these over to you?

Thank you.

Today, we're donating some clothes and some food

to the food bank so that other people can have what we have.

So they don't get hungry all the time,

or don't really have clothes for their kids.

I want to look after people

that haven't got as much things as I have.

Or haven't got as much things as most people have.

Like, they don't have...

..houses or they don't have families.

So they really need someone to look after them.

'Jade's concern for others is about to be put to the test.'

I see money!

Money!

Money! Ooh!

I thought the money was actually for us, I was like...

"Ooh!"

I'm so rich.

Oh! I love you. I love you.

OK, girls, can we all take a seat, please?

Have a sit down.

The girls have to put themselves in an adult's shoes,

and imagine they are responsible for handing out the Government's budget.

The Government is about making decisions and sorting about

what the country needs, or what it doesn't need.

I used to want to be Prime Minister when I was younger.

But I don't cos I don't want to live in Downing Street.

But, still, I do want that cat that they have there.

They've been asked to allocate funds to various departments -

defence, health, education,

environment and unemployment benefit.

It's your job to think about

all of the money that's been collected by taxes,

and where it's supposed to be spent.

I think health is the most important thing.

It's actually because in America you actually have to pay, like,

if you need medicine.

Well, defence needs a lot,

because they can learn how to use guns

and they created new ways of surviving.

-The environment should get the most.

-Yeah, environment.

-Environment.

You get global warming and pollution all the time.

I think defence should get four, and then environment should get five.

I think we should give more to unemployment benefit,

because it's one step away from being homeless.

If you're homeless, usually nobody really comes to see you,

and you're usually alone on the streets.

Giving each money for each section is really difficult,

trying to figure out, do you think that one really needs it?

Or do you think it's already got

lots and lots of money?

In a way, you've got to be very, very careful that you don't

accidentally give the wrong amount of money to one thing.

Money is important because a world without it would be complete chaos.

Everywhere. Fire on the streets, no-one to stop it.

Argh!

Chaos in the world!

-We need help.

-No, we don't.

-Well,

-I

-do.

After much debate, the group finally settle on their budget.

Right then. So, how much money do you think we should give?

Let's think about health.

THEY ANSWER

OK, what about defence?

OK, environment?

Of the 40 bundles of money available,

they've given 12 bundles to health,

five to defence,

11 to education

and four to the environment.

Last on the list is unemployment benefit.

Jade, I'll leave it with you.

I want you to put the amount of money

that you think should go to unemployment benefit.

OK.

I liked putting them on because it felt like...

..I was making a difference.

And I was going to help the people that really needed it.

What we're going to do now is we are going to compare

the amount of money that you decided you would give

with the amount of money the Government decided.

The group's allocation to these categories

is similar to the Government's budget.

Except for unemployment benefit.

You gave eight bundles,

the Government actually gave one bundle to unemployment.

-Oh, my gosh!

-Oh...

I feel really sad that

they don't care about the people that haven't got jobs.

It's almost as if you're saying that these people can be unemployed,

they can live on the streets, they don't need their family.

It's terrible, we need to increase it, because homeless families,

they're going to die.

But some in the group think the amount of money

the Government gives for unemployment benefit is fair.

It's not important, because it's not, like, some people's fault

why they're not, like, being able to get a job,

but sometimes it's just, like, you're being unlucky,

but you can go back to uni and get another job

instead of being, like,

being homeless.

Like, someone in my family lost his job,

but luckily they found another job.

But they were so close to being homeless.

But luckily they found another job.

I'm sorry, but sometimes it's not other people's fault,

it's just people being careless.

My dad lost his job at, um...

the airport.

And then he didn't really know what to do.

Weeks go by, and then months go by,

and you think, "Wait a minute. It's getting a bit far now."

Two months, three months, four months,

and you're applying for everything.

It made me realise that some people

lose their jobs, and some people don't.

Some people get sad about it.

My dad's the one that, like...

He was sad at the time.

I mean, think she thought that,

you know, I'm never going to work again,

and then she started seeing people on the streets, and she said,

"You're not going to go on the streets, are you?"

I said, "Well, no. Why would I go on the streets? I'm not that bad."

I suppose some people have got to go on the streets

because they've got nothing.

You know, you just take what you can, that's it.

You can't always get the job that you want.

But you get something that pays you money, and pays your bills.

His friend looked out for him, and she got him a job at another place.

And he's been doing well there.

Although Jade's dad now has a new job,

her parents didn't shield their daughter

from this experience of unemployment.

I am a bit tough love with her, aren't I?

Cos the world isn't sweet.

Communication's gone a lot with everything.

You talk to children.

You could most probably tell a child the worst thing ever

in their kind of world, speak about it in their world,

and they're fine with that.

They're fine. As long as we communicate stuff.

Being an adult is boring because they have to look after the house,

and do boring forms.

It's easier to be a child, because children know less,

and they don't have to know what high vocabulary means.

A lot of silly adults smoke and drink.

It's not good, it's not healthy. It's not going to help them.

When you're younger, then you can just stuff your face.

But when you get older you're, like...

And then that's all you can have.

Bradford is one of the country's most diverse cities.

And this cultural mix is reflected in the children

who attend Bowling Park Primary School.

Go on, in you go.

This group of 10- and 11-year-olds meet weekly for their debating club,

where they discuss life's big questions.

Could you be friends with a robot?

Could you be friends with a robot?

Um... I think you...

can't be friends with a robot.

I think that you can be friends with a robot

because you can play games with them.

But what if the robot gets mad with you and it turns evil,

and I just can't stand computer laughs.

"Ha. Ha. Ha."

It's horrible.

You can't really play with a robot, cos it's not a human being.

You can't really go to the park with it.

And it can't comfort you,

unless you have a real friend that can actually be there for you.

She may not want a robot for a friend,

but there is some technology ten-year-old Sahar is grateful for.

Hi, Birnan.

-'Hi.'

-What did you get from Primark?

Sahar spends hours messaging her best friend and classmate, Birnan.

Next Thursday is non-uniform day.

'I know. I'm going to wear... Are you wearing a dress?'

-I'm might wear jeans or something, I don't know.

-'Wear a dress.'

-Why?

-'Come on.'

-I think jeans...

I don't know.

But another item of clothing Sahar needs to think about.

A headscarf, known as a hijab.

This is the scarf I wear to mosque.

I really like the colour, it's like a really nice navy one.

And then I wear a black one, but the black one is in the wash.

She's got a big decision to make about her identity

as she enters adult society, and is trying to decide

whether she's going to wear the headscarf to school.

It just gives an idea of, like, what culture I'm from,

what kind of person I am.

I feel proud when I'm wearing it because it's who I am.

It kind of, like, makes me a Muslim.

Sahar is in her last year of primary education.

At the end of this term,

she'll be making the transition to secondary school.

I'm scared how they might react

cos if I'm wearing a scarf they might not be my friend.

There's one girl, she's wearing a scarf

and nobody will talk to her ever again cos she's wearing a scarf.

It makes me feel a bit scared to wear it.

As Sahar wrestles with who she'll be in the world of grown-ups,

her debating group are comparing adult worries

with the worries of children.

What do you think?

Do they worry about their high school?

They might worry about the university they get.

Children worry about bullying

because if they get bullied they can't do anything about it.

Children worry about presents,

because sometimes children get, like, really bad presents

that they don't like.

And they try to be thankful, but on the inside,

they don't really like it.

I think it's better to be a child,

because you don't have to worry about bills, or buying a home,

or anything like that.

You can just kind of... It's just there for you -

you have food in the fridge, and you find new bedsheets. Yeah.

What would you worry about when you're 20?

I worry about the world, what's going to happen to it.

I don't think they worry about that.

They do. My grandad does, anyway.

It's easier to be a child, because they don't have to deal with bills.

They don't... They just can enjoy their life.

They don't have to pay money for anything.

Death. Death, because they worry about what if their parents die.

I think I'd worry about that.

Do you know how to spell death?

Um...

Adults worry about children,

money and jobs, yeah.

They worry about, like, God,

or Allah, a lot of them are worried about whoever they follow.

Marriage.

-Marriage!

-Marriage.

-Yeah, they do worry about that.

Their friends.

Basically, disease.

Jobs. Have you got jobs, yeah?

They worry about jobs.

It's going to be really hard as soon as I become an adult,

because I'll be, like, "Can't I just be a kid?

"All this stuff is really hard."

What do you feel about how I look?

Some of them worry because people, like...

People look at them, and stare at them.

Like, "Ew, I don't like your clothes."

"Ew!"

And you could go back,

"Well, I don't like YOUR clothes."

They're getting into arguments.

I think they worry about, mostly, how they're going to...

What people think about them.

And what they can do to change themselves.

That's what most adults worry about.

But no-one needs to change themselves, because everyone...

You're just you, and you don't need to change

cos other people are telling you to.

So hands up if you think it is better to be a child.

Put your hands high up in the air.

So, out of 12 of us, that's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

OK.

And then hands up if we think it's better to be an adult than a child.

One, two, three, four, five.

OK.

The group may think it's better to be a child,

but Sahar is still struggling with her big decision

about whether to wear a headscarf to secondary school.

A recent incident has even made her question wearing it in public.

It was about eight, nine o'clock at night.

And, basically, I was walking to get some things from my auntie's.

And this white van, it had like two people, like, men inside it,

and they started shouting, like, really racist things to me.

They were calling, like, "Paki," this, that,

"Go back to your country."

And then they just started laughing.

They had cars behind them, so they couldn't,

like, wait, so they just...

The cars were blowing their horns, so they just started to pass me,

and I just carried on walking.

I felt quite shocked because I didn't really expect it.

It was just really a big surprise.

And I just felt, like, a bit weirded out, a bit.

Sometimes it did actually get to me.

There are loads of mean people out there.

They think that some people should be treated a bit different.

I think everyone should be treated the same

because it doesn't matter if you're different, or how you look,

or what kind of belief you follow, everyone should be treated the same.

Everybody's different, so I am different.

You are different.

Everybody's different.

I like Shirley Temple, so I'm quite different to everybody else my age.

If you are different, it will be hard

because it will be hard to fit in. To be friends.

No-one is the same.

Everyone has their own personality.

Nine-year-old Scarlett lives with her mum in Toxteth, Liverpool.

Wow! I really want to explore this house now.

She likes to do quite different things from some other kids her age.

I'm into scary stuff, like horror and ghost stories.

I always look at, like, old houses, and I always say to myself,

"Those are the kind of houses I want to explore at night."

Scarlett likes any abandoned houses,

but especially this area, because we walk past it a lot.

Her imagination just goes nuts.

-I like this one.

-Why?

This one's my favourite because it's more creepy than all the others.

My friends think I'm kind of funny and weird.

But in, like, a good way.

BREATHY TOOTS

At home, Scarlett shares a bedroom

with her seven-year-old brother, Corin.

I do like the noise of the flute when people can actually play it.

You can't play yet.

OWL-LIKE HOOT

SHE LAUGHS

My relationship with my brother is...

..I don't know, half and half.

I do love him, but sometimes he can be a bit annoying.

-TOOTING CONTINUES

-No!

If I had my own bedroom, I'd...

I'd love it. It would just be everything I've always wanted.

-Because of this!

-Corin!

Scarlett's wish is about to come true,

as her family are going to move house.

I'm packing my own bag because I'm going to have my own room.

I feel a lot more grown-up because it's kind of like...

I'll have my own space. I'll have my own place to...

..express myself.

Although she's looking forward to having her own room,

big changes like moving house could be more of a challenge for Scarlett,

as she's currently being assessed for autism.

Autism can make you really good at stuff,

but sometimes they can make you find things harder than other people.

I do have a lot of things that I am good at.

And I do have a lot of things that I'm not good at.

Because of my autism,

I can't talk to people the same as everyone else can.

Stressful situations can be particularly difficult for Scarlett.

Once you've lost Scarlett, she's gone.

Looking at her feet, refusal to be engaged in anything.

Totally overwhelmed.

And then you can't get her back.

If you've been in a house for a long time and you move,

it can be quite...

..scary, like.

In the centre of Liverpool,

ten-year-old Jade is becoming aware of the problems grown-ups face,

and has decided to help people who've fallen on hard times.

She's a very, like, mature child anyway.

She's very, like, caring and thoughtful

and I just can't knock that for her.

Jade's father was recently unemployed for six months.

She is now raising funds for a local charity that helps homeless people.

I feel like I want to do something to help them,

so that they have more food and more clothes.

Warm clothes and clean clothes and shoes.

I'll just pop mine a little bit higher than yours.

Jade and her mum were part of a sponsored sleep-over

that took place in the cathedral.

This is it, Jade, where we slept.

How cool were we, sleeping here all night?

Remember, our heads were there.

Our toes were down there.

I feel rather special that we did sleep the night in the cathedral.

It was really tough, sleeping on the floor

because I'd never slept on the floor before.

So...

I would like to do it again, though,

so we can raise even more money.

Jade's mum has decided not to shelter her daughter

from the problems adults experience.

For me, it's about making our children aware of issues

that really we might want to keep away from them,

but I think it's important for them to be aware of.

Jade was aware of the homeless in our city

and I was quite touched by it.

To me, it was important for Jade to take notice of things like this.

Jade's visiting a centre that helps homeless people

to hand over the money raised from the sleepover.

-Hello.

-Come on in, Jade.

-Thank you.

We are open every single day,

and people that have been sleeping rough, on the streets,

can come in in the morning and have breakfast and a hot shower,

and get some clean clothes.

We have a GP and a nurse that come every week

-and this is all set up ready for breakfast in the morning.

-Wow.

And then this is the kitchen.

Most of our food gets donated.

So we have bakeries that deliver,

we get local supermarkets giving us donations.

And lots from the general public, as well.

-There you go. And your Lucozade.

-Oh, yeah.

-Don't forget your Lucozade!

-Thank you very much.

-Can we give the money, please?

-Of course we can. Of course.

Thank you very much.

We've raised over £600.

That's fantastic, thank you very much.

So that will cook hundreds of breakfasts for people every day.

So you'll be feeding people, which is really, really good.

So thank you very much.

I never really knew it was going to help feed people,

but now I do know, I feel loads more proud of myself and my mum.

Having seen how the centre helps people,

Jade's meeting Brian, who volunteers here and used to be homeless.

-Hi.

-Hi, Jade.

-I'm Jade.

How did you get here?

Well, a very long time ago, these people that work here helped me.

Did you used to live on the street or...?

I slept on the streets, yeah.

And it wasn't very nice, no.

Especially on weekends cos all the people come out of the clubs,

and they'd be waking you up and being horrible to you and stuff.

So it wasn't very nice, being on the streets.

So when I got a house and I had time on my hands,

I thought, "I know, I'll come back and help them."

Because they helped me. So I've been helping for about two years now.

-Thank you very much.

-It's lovely meeting you, thank you very much.

-You take care.

-Ah, cheers.

I'm really proud of myself and my mum,

that we managed to raise that much money.

And I'm just really happy that we're, like, helping people

that haven't got a home like that.

We're really helping them.

If kids was in charge of the world, it would be really fun.

Do what you want!

If kids were in charge, then I think the world would be peaceful.

But still would be crazy

because they'd be getting you to, like, have chocolate every day

and, like, ice cream for dinner.

And no going to school.

If kids were in charge of the world then...

No, I don't think...

That's going to be a bad situation.

In Hackney, the children of Pedro's Boxing Club

are being put through their paces.

Quickly, quickly, keep it going!

Two, three, four, five, six, seven.

The club was set up to keep kids off the street,

and respect for others and discipline

are at the core of the club's philosophy.

Eight, nine, ten.

-You said five seconds!

-I lied.

Today, the junior boxers

get to think about how they'd improve things for the better.

They've been asked to imagine they are mayor for the day,

and to come up with ideas that would benefit the community.

What problems do you think we have in Hackney?

It could be something quite small.

Do you know how when you're in shops and stuff..

-Yeah.

-..and you lose things.

I think there should be a lost property thing,

a box or something in every single shop.

Nobody likes losing anything, do they?

But there could be other problems.

So what other problems do we think we're facing here in Hackney?

We could invent robot trash cans which walk around Hackney.

Robot trash cans that would clean up all the litter? Yeah. And...?

There's lot of violence.

-Is there?

-Yeah.

That needs to stop so people can live their lives.

I think you've got loads of ideas.

So I want you to think about all the problems

that you can think of that are happening in Hackney.

-Lost property!

-Lost property, something like that.

Litter, anything you can think of.

Violence, anything you think.

All of those problems.

And you have to come up with a new solution to those problems.

Because you're going to be the mayor, OK?

I do think it's cool to be the Mayor of London because you get to decide.

But, also, you need to be smart at the same time.

If I was the Mayor of London I will help a lot of people,

like, to get a job,

to get into the right school,

to stop bullying happening...

..to get more, better transport, more quicker transport.

People really like that.

The group must decide one law they'd like to pass

which will improve life in their area.

There should be more, like, bins.

There's only, like, one on each street.

Let's get in a little group.

Why should airports be so far away from Hackney?

They're only in Hackney, man.

There's an aeroplane port just behind my house.

We should have more PGLs. Parents get lost!

That's true.

Yeah, that's true, we should.

We should have more, like, adventure playgrounds, more parks.

So we could have more fun.

The ball's there. Get the ball.

11-year-old Salim has lived in Hackney

with his family all his life.

Can you see me?

Yeah, this is me.

And this is my dad.

-Say hello, Dad.

-Hello.

-You all right?

-Yeah, I love my dad.

This is my mum.

-Mum, say hello.

-Hello.

This is Nasim.

My little brother, and this is my little brother, Zihad.

-Mum, I'm going to nip to the shop.

-That's OK.

Salim's about to start secondary school,

and is enjoying his new-found independence.

My area.

Love it, love it. It's so good, so great.

Growing up in this area for so long, I'm so used to it.

I can play around, it's free.

Go to the shops. There's also a mini park there, as well.

There's lots of things to do.

I know lots of friends that live here and I play with them

and enjoy ourselves.

OK, this is, like, the fruit and veg, which is really good for you,

so I recommend it.

This is my favourite section.

Full of biscuits.

They do do it in Tesco,

but this is the usual place where I buy it from.

Because it's my manor.

My place.

Thank you.

-Salim, how are you?

-I'm fine, thank you, you?

Yeah, not too bad, not too bad.

-How are you feeling? You all right, man?

-Yes, all right.

In Hackney, I think this is the best fish and chips place.

He makes me laugh, as well, cos he's really funny.

Borek! Borek! Borek! Very nice, Turkish. Borek.

I think this is a good community and it is important

because you get along with people.

Like, you get close to them and become friendly with them,

and become nice with them.

It's like you're together, you're like a family.

He is Hackney boy.

I am also Hackney boy.

Hackney boy, mate.

Cool, see you later.

But Salim thinks adults haven't got everything right in Hackney.

And there are some shops that have a negative impact

on his neighbourhood.

I don't think a betting shop is good for the community.

Betting shops do not give much back

because they take a lot,

and they give you something really small.

I don't know why people do it.

In Pedro's, the young boxers are still debating

which new law they'd like to introduce

to improve their community.

And Salim has an idea he feels strongly about.

Betting's not good.

One of my friend's dad, he put his whole credit card

just to win this bet.

He lost and now he's homeless.

That's how bad betting goes.

Do you still see him?

I don't know where he is, but I still meet up with his son.

I think gambling's a bad thing.

I would never do it in my life.

I don't even like the name of it.

Gambling is no good.

There's no point you putting so much money into something

you think you're going to win, but you aren't actually going to win.

Salim said we need to actually stop the betting

because betting can cause pain, money, it can cause anything

because if someone said... No, if someone said, "If I win this, yeah,

"you have to give me some easy thing."

But then the other person takes the two grand and says,

"OK, if I win,

"you have to give me your kidney."

What if the person loses and has to give the kidney?

Kidney?! What the...?

I think we should be taking off the betting shops,

and turn them into houses,

because lots of people are coming into the country,

and it's getting more higher people and it's not going to last,

because people want to...

Here they've got a good education, that's why they come here.

So we need more houses

for the people that are coming here just to do their work.

While Salim and Abdou want to close betting shops and provide new homes,

the other kids have different concerns.

But do you think it's a good idea

to put an airport in London, in Hackney?

No!

-They're going to have to knock down Pedro's and everything.

-No.

No, no, no, cos they'll have to knock down Pedro's.

I would not want to have an airport in Hackney,

cos where is it going to fit?

Airports take over a whole area.

I would like to have more chicken shops than airports.

If there was an airport round here,

we would have to take everything out of there, like the square,

the trees, all the cars and the houses.

That's why me and my group

decided that airports shouldn't be near Hackney.

They should be somewhere else.

The aeroplanes, they might look small when they're in the sky,

but they're actually so massive, they actually need space to land.

Think about it in your heads, make your own mind up.

Is it more important to say no airports ever,

or is it more important to close the betting shops

and make them into houses?

Who is voting for no airports, ever?

Hands up if you think no airports, ever.

Seven.

Who is voting for changing the betting shops into houses?

One, two, three, four...

In that case, you just have to put no airports, ever, in Hackney.

Our new law is no airports, ever!

THEY CHEER

I'm sad.

It is hard to persuade people.

Sometimes people don't listen.

The group may not have voted to ban betting shops,

but Salim has a vision for the world he wants to live in.

We should have other shops. Like, good shops.

Shops that children could go into, sweet shops.

In ten years' time, there will be better things in the community.

Hopefully, in the future,

there's going to be a good place for the community

and for the rest of my life,

I think I'm going to live here cos I love Hackney.

In Liverpool, Scarlett is moving house.

Living room is gone. Our bedrooms are gone. Gone!

For people with autism, big change can be challenging.

Goodbye, bedroom.

At the moment, Scarlett is looking forward to it.

I'm really excited to sleep in my room tonight.

I'm really confident about having my new house, and I'm excited.

New house!

Your head is sweaty.

I know.

Can you reach it?

Can't forget this because it captures my bad dreams,

so I can't have any bad dreams.

Right, shall we?

Scarlett's helping her mum's partner

move the family belongings to the new house.

Change can be scary, but sometimes it can be exciting.

Like, maybe moving house.

HE IMITATES EXPLOSION

-Why do you always do booms?

-Because it's better than high-fives!

New house! New house! New house, put the keys in.

Ta-da!

House!

This is our new kitchen.

Bathroom.

It's smaller than the one we used to have.

And this is my room,

the room I've been talking about all the time.

And it's very small, but it's just right for me.

Mattress.

The small room, for me, it makes me feel cosy and safe.

Having my own room, it feels like I'm older.

It gives you the opportunity

to express yourself with all your feelings.

And everything.

And it just feels good to express yourself.

My yoga mat.

My yoga mat.

# Doo-boop, buh-doo-boop-boop

# Doo-boo-boo, doo-boo-blah! #

For Scarlett, the move has gone smoothly,

and she's already planning how she'll make her new room her own.

I'd like it to be a pink and a light grey.

So striped across the walls.

And I'll put my dream catcher on this little hook here,

so when I close the door tonight, it can be here.

I like this house. I like my house a lot.

THEY SING

Hello, ladies.

The adult world is full of difficult choices.

Today, Scarlett and her friends in the choir are playing a game

where they face one of the hardest decisions imaginable.

Look at the dog!

I know, isn't she adorable?

A ship is sinking and there are too many people for the lifeboat.

That's the Queen, isn't it?

-That's the Queen.

-No, it's not the Queen.

What's with the dog?

Hello, pup. What's with the boat?

Our job is to try and decide who goes in the lifeboat.

And more importantly, who doesn't.

The group must agree on five lives to save from the seven people

and one dog.

If we try and squash everyone on,

the boat can't stay afloat, and nobody survives.

I reckon the teenage girl, the doctor, the old woman,

the dog and one more person.

-The singer.

-No, the singer doesn't need to.

-She does.

-She doesn't!

No, because she's got like a really rich family.

She could just phone up her private jet which would fly in and get her.

She doesn't have her phone with her!

She could scream really loud,

"Private jet, private jet, come for me."

They're in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean!

The old lady, the dog and the priest.

Right, so that's the three people who aren't going.

Yeah, the three people that aren't going.

All the rest are going.

We kind of looked at the young people who we thought should stay,

and who shouldn't.

The bad people who should stay and who shouldn't

and we just looked at the dog and thought, "Should the dog stay?"

The dog! I feel so bad for the dog.

I love the dog. It's so cute.

What do you think's going to make more of a difference,

a doctor or a dog?

No! I don't think dogs are more important than humans at all.

I thought that maybe it would be easier,

just, like, more practical if a human was on the boat

instead of the dog.

The group are still undecided on who to save.

But it's clear Jade's compassion for people only extends so far.

OK, OK, tell me the truth.

If it was me and a random dog, who would you pick on the boat?

Random dog.

Dogs make me happy because if you are with the dog,

and you don't really have anybody, like, that's your friend,

usually you can count on a dog to be your friend.

So we're leaving the dog, prisoner, old woman...

I mean, we're leaving the dog, priest and old woman.

THEY CRY

There's a saying that says, a dog's a man's best friend.

But I think that they're little girl's best friends, as well.

-I'm not leaving the dog out.

-Oh, my God, just leave the dog out.

-No, the doctor's better.

-No. I'm not leaving the dog out.

-Well, I don't know what's going on with you but...

-This is just weird.

A person's life is more important than a dog's life. I'm sorry, it is.

-It is.

-That's not what I think.

We are to come to a decision with the whole group

about which of these people go into the lifeboat and which don't.

Jessica, tell us who they are.

We chose the teenage girl, the dad, the doctor,

the old woman and the dog.

Yes!

It might be a loving family pet.

And we don't really want to lose it.

The reason why we're not taking the dog

is because, like, the dog can't grow up and be, like, a doctor

or really help people that much.

So that's why we're leaving the dog.

Everybody thinks that a dog doesn't have a future ahead of them,

but they can.

If it isn't a helper now it can become a police dog or a guard dog.

But everybody's saying that they don't have a future ahead of them.

But really, they do.

Who agrees with Jade, that the dog has a special place on this boat?

Jade, can you please put the dog on the lifeboat?

Yes!

You're going on the boat, you're going to be saved.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Jade.

Yay!

The dog's made it. But the dog's taken up a place

that one of these other people could have filled.

The group have also chosen to save the teenage girl's father

and the doctor.

The hardest decision will be who gets the last spot on the boat.

I picked the old lady cos that might be my grandma.

-No.

-What if it's not your grandma?

But what if it is?

No, no, the singer.

Cos music is an amazing way to help people.

I respect singers.

I respect Whitney Houston, I love her work and stuff like that.

We don't need the old lady.

Yes, we do need the old lady!

I think the old lady should go on it.

She doesn't have that a long life anyway.

Look, the old lady,

even though she's probably very old and needs to die soon,

I think she wants to spend her last year with her family.

I can't believe you just said that right down my ear.

-THEY CHANT:

-Singer!

-THEY CHANT:

-Old woman!

If you would like to vote for the priest, put your hand up.

The convict, put your hand up.

The singer, put your hand up.

And the old lady, put your hand up.

OK, Macy.

Macy, I want you to come and fill up the very last place

on this lifeboat.

Right. It looks like, girls, the individuals

we've got on the boat are the individuals you've chosen.

THEY HUM DRAMATICALLY

Get in the boat!

Get in the boat!

I want to survive!

I think it was really unfair that, like...

that person who had just got out of prison, everybody said,

"No, he shouldn't go on the boat" and dogs can actually swim.

So we should have let him go on the boat.

So long!

Stupid prisoner!

The priest didn't go, the old lady did go.

And the singer did actually deserve to go, because she was young,

and she had her life ahead of her.

OK, I'm hungry now. Pretend we're back home, yeah, I need some food.

Come on. You worked very hard.

Texting is one of grown-ups' most favourite things.

For some weird reason, it hypnotises them.

When I look at adults, I think they're a bit...

shouty, sometimes.

Like, my mum gets in rude arguments with my dad,

and I hear loads of new words.

Sometimes you've got to enjoy being a kid cos, as I said...

..like, you just chuck your clothes in a basket,

and three days later you see nice clean clothes back in your wardrobe.

-My clothes.

-Yeah.

In Bradford, Sahar is trying to decide whether to wear a headscarf,

known as a hijab, when she goes to secondary school next term.

She's turned to her mum for advice.

Mum, what do you think about me wearing a scarf to high school?

What do you think?

First, like, what do you want?

I do want to wear it, but then, at the same time, I just don't

because some girls they wear it, sometimes and then, like...

I don't know what decision to make.

It's hard.

I've seen people wearing scarves,

but then they're wearing the wrong clothes.

That's just not right.

If you're wearing scarf, you have to make sure your body's covered up.

It's not only about hijab.

You have to be...

Make sure you're not doing anything wrong.

I'm not going to force you to wear hijab, though.

It's not about hijab. It's about you. What you want.

Having sought advice from mum,

Sahar's going to get a second opinion.

She's come to school to meet with her friends

and get their thoughts on her headscarf dilemma.

Sahar usually only wears her hijab at mosque,

this is the first time her classmates

will see her in a headscarf.

Most of my friends don't wear the scarf,

cos they're either Christians or, kind of, another religion.

I'm feeling a bit nervous because I'm going to find out

for the first time what other people,

who are not used to seeing me wear this,

think about it, and how they might react.

Cos sometimes reactions are really funny

and sometimes they might be really different,

like the opposite of funny.

I've got my scarf on, I think I'm ready to go and show my friends

and see what they think.

I'm kind of scared of what might happen.

Mostly being, like, talking to my friends,

and letting it all off my chest and not keeping it in.

Ooh!

-Hi.

-Hello.

-Hiya.

So what do you think about it?

I think it really suits you.

But it does hide your features, which is quite a bit bad, but...

I used to have friends and they used to wear scarves.

I got really used to it.

And I'm really happy that she's worn it

because she's expressing how she wants to look.

But what will Sahar's best friend, Birnan, think of her transformation?

I think it looks good on her.

-And, like, she should wear it every day.

-Really?

For this day, I was really nervous. I was really thinking about it.

Like, I was REALLY thinking about it.

But then, after today, I felt really comfortable with it.

And I think I'm definitely going to wear it

because it's given me confidence.

It's given me that boost that I need to make my decision.

I'm still going to be the same person,

but I've just got a cloth on my head.

That's it.

When I look into the future, I see...

..flying cars.

People having, like, basically so much programmes they want to watch,

they just click in their cheek.

A scientist may make some weird formula or potion

what turns all the undead alive.

OK, Meera, can you sit here?

Our children have experienced the world of grown-ups,

and wrestled with its difficult choices.

It would be wonderful if Evan could be the first person to stand up

and tell us a little bit about how they picture themselves

20 years from now.

With the holidays coming, and the sessions at an end,

the children are now thinking about their futures,

and the lives they want to lead.

I'll finish my dream and I'll be a doctor.

I will have a really big house,

I will have amazing kids.

I'll have a really big... Like, really, really big house.

When I think about the future, I think it's a little bit scary.

But super exciting.

I really, really want to be a doctor right now.

I want to be a doctor cos I want to help save people's lives.

I want to be a historian, specialising in Egyptology.

I would like to live probably in Antigua,

or somewhere, like, in Essex.

In 20 years' time, I will be a banker,

and I will live in the same place I do now.

And I'll have two children by then.

I've already worked out their ages.

My biggest future dream is,

one, to be a good boy, to drive fast cars,

to get everything in the world, but earn for it, instead of robbing.

My family will always and for ever

be my number one priority.

My biggest wish is to have a happy life, live life to the fullest.

And hopefully even get my dream job.

Which I don't know yet.

In 20 years' time, I see myself as a singing vet.

To have a house, in Spain and in Florida.

And I forgot the most important thing - I'd have, like, six rabbits.

Like, 19 dogs.

THEY ALL LAUGH

What would be the worst thing about your life in 20 years' time?

I'd be old.

THEY ALL LAUGH