Voice of a child video transcript

This video transcript is for "Voice of a Child".

Black screen with voice of a child slowly typed onto, calming music is played throughout.

A young girl aged around 6 with blonde hair appearing sad and concerned is shown on the screen: "They're always arguing over everything, like nothing’s ever good enough."

Two children aged around 5 are looking out of the window, appearing distressed: "Their shouting scares me. I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Teenagers hands appear on screen, fiddling with each other, switching to teenagers face as he looks upset: "I worry about asking if friends can come over after school just because I never know if they might start arguing again."

A young girl aged around 12 looking worried with her left hand on her face, her eyes appear vacant as though she is thinking deeply: "I’ve never told them but when I’m in bed and they’re shouting at each other, I pull the pillow over my head just to block out the noise."

A boy aged around 7 years is sat on some steps, staring into the camera looking sad: "They can sometimes be really mean to each other. I hate it when I’m, like, stuck in the middle and dad gets me to pass messages onto mum."

A girl is staring outside, looking through a window covered in water droplets: "Mum is always going on at dad about me, about how much I’m on my phone, what I’m eating, then she has a go at me. It’s just stressful."

An older girl is sat on the steps with her head in her hands not looking at the camera. She looks worried, anxious and sad: "I just sit at the top of the stairs, listening, ‘cause I don’t know what’s going to happen."

A small girl aged around 5, is looking worried staring into the camera: "It makes my little brother cry, so I have to try and make him feel better because he’s sad.”

The video changes to another small child laying under the bed, appearing to be hiding. She is holding her teddy bear appearing to look very sad: "Their shouting scares me, I tell myself not to cry. They were so loud once, it made me want to hide."

A young boy in his early teens is in near tears as he looks into the camera deeply: "I love them both. I worry about what might happen. I don’t want to have to choose between them."

Screen fades to a silhouette of a young child whilst words appear:

They hear more than you think, and feel more than you know.

Screen fades to white with Medway and Kent logo appearing at the bottom. Text appears on screen reading:

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