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Hi. I'm Nathan. And I'm ten.
Hi. I'm Josh. I'm eight.
BOTH: Come and meet our family.
We live near London with our brother Zac.
JOSH: Me and Zac are identical twins. Some people think we look alike, but I'm not so sure.
Do you like being twins?
Yeah. The joys of being a twin are pranking your big brother.
BUZZER PING!
I think we look really different.
Yeah, me too.
We also live with our mum. She teaches us and other people piano. She gives the best hugs.
Yeah. Aw! We also live with our dad. He's the best person to bundle with in the house.
Yeah, he's basically a human climbing frame.
You can do it. Let go, let go, let go! Let go, let go, let go.
CHILDREN: So, this is our family!
My favourite thing about this family is that they're all really cool and they listen to you when you need it most. We're always really close and have fun together. We usually tickle each other. We also love playing basketball. Usually I'm the winner.
One day I'm going to beat you. Revenge.
MUM LAUGHS
NATHAN: We're always looking out for each other. If my brothers were sad, I'd find them and tickle them and make them laugh. Like this.
Oh, nearly! You can do it.
NATHAN: Families support each other and we're a family. We support each other by cheering one another on when they need it most.
Give each other confidence.
And keep on trying until we get it right.
Josh, Josh!
Yes!
Yes! High-five!
Zac helps me out by always keeping me on time and keeping me out of trouble.
Zac! Nathan! Let's have a hot chocolate!
Yeah!
Sometimes when I'm alone I feel a bit scared.
Has Nathan been helping you with when you're feeling scared - about going upstairs?
Yeah. Nathan's been giving some good advice. I don't really know what I'm scared of, but whatever it is, Nathan said to make it look funny. If I get worried about anything, I try to make it a funny situation so I don't have to worry about it any more. If it was a monster or something, you could put, like, a top hat on it and make it look really funny.
Nathan, you've been quiet. How are you?
Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just enjoying this hot chocolate.
JOSH: OK. If somebody in the family is a bit too serious, then we ask them what's wrong and then we do what we can to help. It feels better to tell somebody the thing you're worried about than it is to hold it in.
NATHAN: If I was going to ask for help, I would just do it, cos your family is always going to be there to listen to you if you need help.
NATHAN: A beard!
DAD: That's lovely-looking!
That's so weird!
DAD: Yeah, you need another hand.
MUM: You need another hand.
DAD: Yes!
LAUGHTER
I hope you enjoyed meeting our family. And learning how we support each other.
ALL: Bye!
Video summary
Meet 8-year-old Josh, twin brother Zac and older brother Nathan. The three brothers show us how they support and care for each other.
Teacher Notes
Three brothers - Josh, Nathan and Zac - show us how they support each other, why it's good to ask for help when you need it, and how as a family they are always there to support each other.
The Notes below are taken from the complete Teachers' Notes document.
Learning objective
To show the different ways that family members can offer support to one another and how to ask for help when it is needed.
Key questions
Before the video:
- Why might different people in a family need help?
- Is there anyone in a family who might need more help than other people / special help?
- How can people in a family help each other with their feelings?
During / after the video:
- What are the different ways that the brothers all help each other?
- What kinds of things do they need help with?
- Who might need some extra help?
- What ways do Josh’s family say or show extra ways of helping him if he needs it?
- What helps people in the family feel good / deal with feelings that aren’t so good?
After the video:
- How do people in your family help you?
- How do you help people in your family?
- Who can someone go to if they have not so good feelings / feel worried, sad or scared about something?
- How / Who can someone ask for help if they need it?
- Who could you go to if you have not so good feelings / feel worried or sad? (This could relate to / reinforce existing work on support networks).
- How can you help someone else if they need help, or if they were having not so good feelings?
Suggested activities
- Discuss how it feels to be worried or scared, identifying places in the body where these feelings can happen.
- Make a class list of things which might worry or scare someone; then alongside write the names of people who can help if someone is feeling that way.
- In the video Josh says that it’s better to tell someone about feelings instead of holding them in. Use a picture book - such as The Huge Bag of Worries - to help children understand how feelings affect our mental health if they’re kept inside. They could create a class or group bag of worries using objects such as stones, then draw out one at a time and discuss what someone could do about / how they could help with that worry to make the bag lighter.
- Ask children to explain how they could help someone they know who was feeling worried or scared, etc. What could they do or say? They could do this as a role play, draw pictures or write words in speech bubbles, etc.
- Ask children to draw a picture of themselves and write around the outside all the people who they could go to if they were feeling worried, scared or unsafe.
- Reinforce messages around safety networks through activities such as children drawing around their hands and naming one person on each finger who they can trust and talk to if they need to.
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