i watched it paula and was the same as you, i couldnt believe that a family are allowed to live this way!! It isnt anything like the situations where the child was helping an ill parent, noone can forsee a situation like that. But they were choosing to carry on extending their family, the mother seemed to be rather simple though dont you think? so surely she should be given advice on family planning. It was disgusting the way they could see no wrong in the girls doing everything whilst they sat and smoked. The house was filthy the kids were all filthy so that must be a case for social services to step in as it is neglect. They didnt eat proper meals and didnt use plates, did you se the father with a handful of chips? they must be so unhealthy. The older girl was physically abusing the children and noone seemed to see anything wrong with it and as you said she seemed totally devoid of emotion....she didnt care at all about the yoiunger sisters suicide attempt. Also why on earth have the school not done anything? Its obvious to look at the state of them that their home life has something wrong.

As you said all that was done was to give them a bigger house, they need more than that and a support worker, they need someone to teach them proper parenting skills and allow the girls to be children.

it was very sad :sad: