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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2022
  • Filmed over one summer Poor Teens follows three very different teenage boys. All on the cusp of adulthood and dealing with the normal pressures of growing up with one similarity - they are all having to survive on under a tenner a day.
    Over 300,000 teenagers claim benefits and 1 in 5 youths in Britain are unemployed. This absolute documentary follows 3 teenage girls Amber who is 17 and pregnant, Bridie, 17 and can't stay out of trouble, and Shelby, 17 who relies on benefits. They are all struggling to get by for many different reasons. They are caught by a disappearing childhood and an unknown future, this is their story
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  • @linda9115
    @linda9115 Рік тому +85

    I felt bad for Craig his mum raised him he turns 18 she makes him homeless and is having another child. Your children are for life

    • @sammshroo3494
      @sammshroo3494 Рік тому +4

      That's when I learnt how crisis prove self survival comes first before anything else or what most people like to say greatest love is a mother's love.

    • @apeters3352
      @apeters3352 7 місяців тому

      She sounds like a woman that has just had enough.

    • @ritamariemott2420
      @ritamariemott2420 7 місяців тому

      Same

    • @SnowWhite717_
      @SnowWhite717_ 6 місяців тому +8

      18 isn’t some magic number where Poof!✨ your kid automatically changes to responsible adult that is somehow different than the kid they were the day before. I totally agree with you.

    • @leece_6702
      @leece_6702 6 місяців тому +3

      He looks like a young Pete Townshend of The Who

  • @mirabella2154
    @mirabella2154 Рік тому +46

    This is 10 years ago.
    It must be far worse right now.

  • @melissawhite20
    @melissawhite20 11 місяців тому +32

    Why are kids having kids. Especially when they already have financial issues and no jobs. It's ridiculous.

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 9 місяців тому +3

      Sadly it is their environment, parents that don't care or can't deal with them. I feel extremely sad for them. Parents and piers plays a big role.

    • @JaneK6557
      @JaneK6557 9 місяців тому

      Some get pregnant on purpose because that baby makes them eligible for free housing and public assistance.
      They think they are grown and want to be out on their own…at least until reality sets in.

  • @marijacsoknya6765
    @marijacsoknya6765 9 місяців тому +13

    Craig needed a good father all his life.

  • @jeanetteambersley9237
    @jeanetteambersley9237 Рік тому +20

    Shelby is at least trying to do the best with her life. I definitely admire her and wish the best for her.

  • @lindaandersenholmes8270
    @lindaandersenholmes8270 7 місяців тому +7

    Have these young women not heard of birth control? They should realize they can’t depend on the boys. There is no excuse getting pregnant while you live in poverty. Bringing another generation into poverty is unconscionable. They should be educating themselves and working on a career. Schools should be teaching this reality. I just feel sad for the babies born to kids who aren’t prepared emotionally or financially and who perpetuate the cycle of poverty.

    • @Abdulkhan-tw3qh
      @Abdulkhan-tw3qh 4 місяці тому

      You are absolutely right, your comment is one of the best that i have come across.

  • @OU812cheeto
    @OU812cheeto 7 місяців тому +16

    They don't seem to realize that once they have a kid, their life is officially ruined. And Craig's mother is pregnant with no man in sight. She, too, has sealed her fate, doomed to a life of benefits. And where are the men who have knocked up these women?! Doesn't England make them pay child support??

  • @jordanrivers1
    @jordanrivers1 11 місяців тому +22

    Damn we need update on Craig. His mom is horrible. I could never do that to my kids.

    • @rogue0621
      @rogue0621 8 місяців тому +1

      Craig isn’t a kid although he acts like one

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine5238 Рік тому +18

    What? Does every poor lad punch his bedroom door out?

  • @belleepoque2544
    @belleepoque2544 Рік тому +27

    I admire Shelby and her tenacity. I hope she's in a good place now.

    • @datacipher
      @datacipher Рік тому +1

      Unlikely - for obvious reasons.

    • @jjoyce46
      @jjoyce46 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@datacipherHow would you know? Are you a fortune teller? This show is from 2012 by the way.

  • @kittyestes3656
    @kittyestes3656 Рік тому +14

    The one kids anger issues need to be addressed he is not well and will never amount to anything till he seeks help for those except maybe a women abuser or something.

  • @anahor_nid
    @anahor_nid Рік тому +18

    Where are their fathers?

  • @honeybunch5765
    @honeybunch5765 9 місяців тому +6

    It's a vicious cycle.They are the product of their parents and environment, and if they dont break out of the cycle, so will their kids be and so on.

  • @racquelford1595
    @racquelford1595 11 місяців тому +7

    Watching this video it’s very interesting sad emotional. Responsibility is a big thing

  • @belleepoque2544
    @belleepoque2544 Рік тому +41

    Oh my god, I hope that baby came out healthy. I'm 15- a year younger than her- and I know that smoking isn't healthy, especially when you're expecting a child.

    • @evangelene12
      @evangelene12 6 місяців тому +2

      Up until the 1970s women routinely smoked and drank during pregnancies as there was no medical warnings until then. Most of us in our 50s would have had parents who smoked and drank during their entire pregnancies. We turned out fine.

  • @NYHeeb
    @NYHeeb 6 місяців тому +2

    I got my working papers at 15. Im 42 there been maybe 6 months that entire time i was out of work. I didnt have a car for years walked hours every day to work for years never late. If u want it u will do it. No excuses

    • @Daydreamer-yh8km
      @Daydreamer-yh8km 2 місяці тому

      They are just lazy and act entitled ( hope i've spelled it right )

  • @StarlaBizarre
    @StarlaBizarre Рік тому +25

    Oh my God, so many poor innocent babies born into this trash! Poverty just makes more and more poverty. Why do they just keep reproducing over and over and then complaining about the situation that they have put themselves in?!

  • @DB-xo6xh
    @DB-xo6xh Рік тому +10

    15:42 WHAAATTT?!! Is there no help with family planning? Birth control and basic Basic education!?

    • @sloeberdoet
      @sloeberdoet Рік тому

      I think because of Brexit birth control stuff is out of stock regularly.

  • @combatduckie
    @combatduckie 11 місяців тому +3

    the NOISE LEVEL in those appartements and houses of the "poor"! It d drive me mad if I were a neighbor to these people!

  • @cristinaevans139
    @cristinaevans139 Рік тому +10

    I hope they are all on their feet now ❤ there for the love of god go I ❤

  • @combatduckie
    @combatduckie 11 місяців тому +12

    the son said "She owns the house!" NO, she does NOT! As long as she still has mortageage payments on it, she does NOT own it, the BANK still owns it! Poor people never understand this and get in debts (by, e.g., getting pregnant while in bad financial situation instead of using working birth control!).

    • @jjoyce46
      @jjoyce46 10 місяців тому +4

      And rich CEO'S shouldn't be making 500 times the amount of their workers and hoarding all the money instead of paying their workers the amount they should to live! And getting govt handouts when they tank a company but still getting millions and billions for it! And rich people should pay their fair share of taxes instead of the brunt of taxes being paid by the poor and middle class. And the government needs to stop making poor people poorer with their bad decisions in govt and provide better and more jobs for people!

  • @barbaragardner8626
    @barbaragardner8626 8 місяців тому +3

    These people can’t take care of themselves and then they have children who don’t have a chance. Don’t have children.

  • @kittykatwolf8294
    @kittykatwolf8294 11 місяців тому +7

    What I cant understand, is all these unemployed people have revolting, filthy, wrecked houses! Soap is cheap! Stop feeling sorry for yourself & get some self esteem.

  • @amandab8433
    @amandab8433 Рік тому +7

    I really hope all of them are doing well. I also hope that Frankie was able to make it. My oldest went to Uni for Game Design and has been working for Google since his Junior year at Uni. He graduated nine years ago.

  • @jarrodbarkley9061
    @jarrodbarkley9061 11 місяців тому +10

    I'm a native English speaker, and I can't understand a frigging word Craig or his mother says.

  • @dinomariana679
    @dinomariana679 11 місяців тому +7

    Massive respect to Shelby, poor girl though they serious should have provided her full time

  • @dianaabcalen9954
    @dianaabcalen9954 7 місяців тому +2

    we need an update for Craig he is the only one that has potential the rest are just a waste of air,. im rooting for him and i hope you pulled through in life

  • @zdenkakathyanderson7890
    @zdenkakathyanderson7890 10 місяців тому +3

    Amber goes on about how she’s now an adult because she’s pregnant but she hasn’t contributed in any way as an a responsible adult would. She sponges off her mother and lives in her house

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 9 місяців тому +1

      She was still a kid. You are being a bit harsh. The worst is how seldomly the fathers are involved.

  • @sandrashevel2137
    @sandrashevel2137 Рік тому +9

    Don't churches or organizations have food banks? I'm from United States so idk. Bless all these people with prosperity

    • @sandrashevel2137
      @sandrashevel2137 Рік тому +1

      @Abi Brown thank you. Ive never been across the pond, im glad they have them.

  • @niveditabhattacharjee7362
    @niveditabhattacharjee7362 Рік тому +12

    I am so happy I was brought up in a third world country like India. Our grip on reality is strong from childhood, not tenacious like these girls. Unwed teenage mothers are not welcomed into the family with open arms and such enormous support. So we learn to be very, very careful. There is nothing called 'benefits' to fall back on and it is practically impossible for a teenage boy or girl to rent a place of their own so you stay in line at your parent's place. We are not a rich country like UK or as impoverished a country like Uganda or a prison country (at least for women) like Pakistan. We are good....our family structure is not crumbling, our women are not locked up behind blankets or looking into absolutely bleak futures like these girls. We are doing pretty well and I never really realized that.

    • @zdenkakathyanderson7890
      @zdenkakathyanderson7890 10 місяців тому

      India treat their women worse than dirt and your country is as poor as they come. I’ve been there and a majority live in shanty towns I would rather be in England any day then India

    • @MrWise23
      @MrWise23 6 місяців тому +2

      The thing is India has slums and those slums are by no way compatible to the poor in Britain.
      Although the kids in those slums seem happy cause many other kids etc but for grown ups it must be dire.
      Rich and poor looks different in most country’s. I am from the Netherlands and although we have poor people we don’t have those old industrial towns. Even outside the city villages are alive which is probably cause everything is packed in the Netherlands so there’s always a city in a half hour drive and mostly faster

  • @oliverzhao1005
    @oliverzhao1005 11 місяців тому

    GOOD

  • @Myopinion8591
    @Myopinion8591 5 місяців тому

    With the right mentoring these youngsters could end up on the right track. I feel sorry for the ones with no responsible adult to turn to. I wish them all well and hopefully better things ahead for them.

  • @eileenwatt8283
    @eileenwatt8283 11 місяців тому +2

    Not even teens in third world countries go through times like these. Britian's teen poverty is 4th world,

  • @kevinrai6620
    @kevinrai6620 7 місяців тому

    the lady consulting Amber is bomb.

  • @louisemason2918
    @louisemason2918 5 місяців тому

    Love that Frankie man, I wish I could help him. I hope he makes it

  • @forgottenfurbabies3315
    @forgottenfurbabies3315 11 місяців тому +4

    I would love to start or find a program to give some of these kids a chance in America. Mind you, I’m poor to middle class but there is definitely more of a chance for them here in America. I would open my modest home to help one of them. I would love to give Frankie a chance!

  • @McAvoy-ft5fg
    @McAvoy-ft5fg 5 місяців тому

    AND THEY ARE ALL ROYALS !!!!!!!! ROYAL !!!

  • @kevinrai6620
    @kevinrai6620 7 місяців тому

    these kids need support

  • @melissalove2463
    @melissalove2463 11 місяців тому +3

    Funny they have no money but they keep popping out kids !

  • @SHINESunshinee872
    @SHINESunshinee872 11 місяців тому

    Do they even have factories in the UK to work? That helps a lot of people the southern US.

  • @alexanderp.297
    @alexanderp.297 Рік тому +8

    Habe die Doku gesehen. Leider sehr traurig. Besonders die Mädchen haben es schwerer im Leben. Es braucht sich keiner schämen weil er zu wenig Geld hat. Bridie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. Im Abschnitt 1:15:31 - 1:15:35 ist sie sehr traurig ! Ich wünsche mir das ihre Mutter sie öfters in die Arme nimmt !

  • @isaiahmajka3030
    @isaiahmajka3030 Рік тому +6

    There is a Ocean close by I haven’t seen one person even think about working it! Especially during their school breaks.

    • @slydoll7877
      @slydoll7877 Рік тому +4

      What ocean? There's none near Rotherham!

    • @dinomariana679
      @dinomariana679 11 місяців тому +1

      What are you on about ? Like fishing ?

    • @slydoll7877
      @slydoll7877 11 місяців тому +2

      @@dinomariana679 I think that must be what they mean...don't they realise there is no fishing industry left in the UK lol. They must be American.

  • @lizziemartin2382
    @lizziemartin2382 6 місяців тому +1

    smoking near children or whilst pregnant should be illegal.

  • @tammyhall1008
    @tammyhall1008 Рік тому +1

    Didn’t he not see the 2 cities were not there BEFORE his mum left 👀!!!!!!

  • @wyswygsommer2769
    @wyswygsommer2769 8 місяців тому +1

    Frankie will make it.

  • @sophiaschrenk1511
    @sophiaschrenk1511 Рік тому +1

    Their parents should have support them more

  • @888ssss
    @888ssss Рік тому +4

    a man works for his own family. they are trying to substitute that for a collective. its not something im interested in. each to his own.

  • @lewthrasher4194
    @lewthrasher4194 Рік тому +113

    It's funny almost everyone desperate for money to get food always has money for cigarettes and or booze.

    • @sisino4471
      @sisino4471 Рік тому +15

      they need something to enjoy in their life... stop judging.

    • @HaggisMuncher-69-420
      @HaggisMuncher-69-420 Рік тому +37

      @@sisino4471 No, they need to get their life in order.
      Smoking or drinking doesn't do that.

    • @leptir7110
      @leptir7110 Рік тому +6

      ​@@HaggisMuncher-69-420bolje da puše i tako se rešavaju stresa nego da se drogiraju ili bave kriminalom

    • @melissalove2463
      @melissalove2463 11 місяців тому +1

      @lewthrasher4194 I know right !

    • @lauraremde9118
      @lauraremde9118 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@HaggisMuncher-69-420 how bout mind your own business nothing wrong with buying cigs

  • @sproket168
    @sproket168 11 місяців тому +4

    Not a dad in sight.
    Not many mothers can raise good men

  • @LauraSnow-in3nx
    @LauraSnow-in3nx 3 місяці тому

    I feel bad for Craig. His mom is literally kicking him out and making away for the new baby I’m not sure why you would continue to have kids if you’re losing your home Can’t afford to take care of the one you have already I get that, but you don’t throw your kids out like that, that’s messed up

  • @chrilin5107
    @chrilin5107 Рік тому +4

    12.45 better if she kept breast feeding than getting him on formula (it's an option for those who can't breast feed, if you can and can stay home to feed that's preferable).

  • @SnowWhite717_
    @SnowWhite717_ 6 місяців тому

    28:12 For the young men with rap aspirations… you need to find your own style & flow so you have a unique sound that makes you stand out from the others and memorable. Every single one has the exact style and you can’t tell one from the other. It’s like having 20 of the same style tshirt in every color and saying they’re different. Yeah they’re different colors but they’re exactly the same. Ya know?

  • @lb2229
    @lb2229 Рік тому +9

    There is always “Hope” I truly wish I could make a difference for these young people! Hope in the economy that will always get bettter….Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry… St. Padro Pio ✝️🙏❤️

  • @seanrm
    @seanrm Рік тому +3

    Luckily, the UK's population increased by around 4 million people since this was made (2012) and now things are much, much better.

  • @user-wl2qy3yo5h
    @user-wl2qy3yo5h Місяць тому

    I don’t understand why Shelby keep saying the word “like”

  • @jivefive99
    @jivefive99 Рік тому +1

    This is from 2012 ... sheesh ...

  • @JH-hj9uz
    @JH-hj9uz 9 місяців тому +3

    I find the fact they all smoke very disappointing, they are trying but the cost of smoking is detrimental to them getting ahead.

  • @michelleshelley995
    @michelleshelley995 28 днів тому +1

    I mowed yards.

  • @nicehar
    @nicehar 3 місяці тому

    16 and pregnant. What took her so long?

  • @burly636
    @burly636 11 місяців тому +2

    At least Shelby is trying, and the other girl just worming herself way into the another person’s house. I always wondered what happened to Bridey. Pregnant girls got a lot to learn.

    • @susanclaire901
      @susanclaire901 11 місяців тому +3

      Bridie wasn't pregnant though. Shelby WAS pregnant by the end of the show.

  • @Proudathiest1
    @Proudathiest1 Рік тому +5

    Does Britain not have welfare?

    • @KimmieSunshine
      @KimmieSunshine Рік тому +2

      The UK has what’s called a “Nanny State”. It’s been that way since WWII. Basically, the government will provide for your needs if you need help. It’s different than my country so I find it interesting

    • @CanadianMonarchist
      @CanadianMonarchist Рік тому +1

      Britain has a very elaborate welfare state.

  • @elainedoremus2688
    @elainedoremus2688 9 місяців тому

    Create fewer humans. Fewer humans equal more money and power for each.

  • @kevinrai6620
    @kevinrai6620 7 місяців тому

    these kids are trying...help them

  • @rinku1160
    @rinku1160 6 місяців тому

    In England One pound / in India 98 rupees equal

  • @angelachanelhuang1651
    @angelachanelhuang1651 11 місяців тому

    sorry

  • @cristinaevans139
    @cristinaevans139 Рік тому +5

    Broke but alive 😢

  • @CandycaneBeyond
    @CandycaneBeyond 8 місяців тому

    1:45:13 England welfare is a hot mess!

  • @alisejankovska9125
    @alisejankovska9125 11 місяців тому +1

    They can always afford cigaretes ...

  • @ummomar8432
    @ummomar8432 Рік тому +9

    30 pounds a day would be a dream life for kids in some countries.

  • @johnsnowkumar359
    @johnsnowkumar359 10 місяців тому

    The British government says it is definitely a welfare state. Every affluent has a small project housing. The UK is still doling out welfare checks and free food. The government of the UK is running low on public housing. If a childless couple lives in a public housing, that house goes back to the government after the couple dies. The British government provides food and small financial checks and previously built housing too. Every affluent town has a government housing project. The British government says it is behind in building housing for the poor. In the Uk, people given government housing have to vacate public housing once they die of old age. British government is falling short of public housing being built for the poor.

  • @martinlester3454
    @martinlester3454 5 місяців тому

    Why don’t u just go to Gambia and get it in real life and enjoy it with your own English female friends

  • @Proudathiest1
    @Proudathiest1 Рік тому +15

    Come on guys you’re in Britain home to some of the greatest music ever made don’t waste your time on bs rap music .

  • @rodneyscott2108
    @rodneyscott2108 Рік тому +1

    27:25 Who are these wanna be Crips😆😆😆😆😆😆to much MTV raps. This is America’s gift to the world

  • @bradd188
    @bradd188 6 місяців тому

    This is why Andrew rate exists, for people like these guys.
    I see they want jobs but I also see a lot of young men that need some direction in their lives.
    Sitting around playing video games and smoking weed isn’t going to get you anywhere.

  • @Mark-rd1it
    @Mark-rd1it 11 місяців тому +5

    Children should be born in marriage. It takes two parents to raise children properly.

  • @eugenemullan4957
    @eugenemullan4957 6 місяців тому

    Them again init

  • @joeycormier7489
    @joeycormier7489 Рік тому +2

    Craig’s mom, you single? You are pretty.

  • @barbaragardner8626
    @barbaragardner8626 8 місяців тому

    Teenagers should have a law that they can’t have children. That might stop some poverty. This needs to be addressed by adults and handled properly.

  • @kristinfrostlazerbeams
    @kristinfrostlazerbeams Рік тому +4

    First!

  • @StarlightEater
    @StarlightEater Рік тому +13

    Whats with all these ppl whining about 'boo hoo, I ain get enuff free money' this s UK thing or what?

    • @queen_of_ice
      @queen_of_ice Рік тому +1

      No one wants to work but they love complaining about there free goverment money coming in late.

  • @jan-margaret6970
    @jan-margaret6970 Місяць тому

    "Craaiig!"... Reply√"Yes Mother Dear." Hope you young men made a life . All the best !🇨🇦🪶

  • @user-zr5si2rb9p
    @user-zr5si2rb9p 2 місяці тому

    It’s annoying that Frankie puts on such a fake Afro/jamaican accent grrrr 👿

  • @DB-xo6xh
    @DB-xo6xh Рік тому +6

    15:42 WHAAATTT?!! Is there no help with family planning? Birth control and basic Basic education!?

    • @anonmouse15
      @anonmouse15 Рік тому

      All the birth control in the world won't work if you don't use it.