Jo meets two families at the end of their tether. In Glasgow she visits Madison, a nine-year-old beauty queen who has always been given everything she ever wanted, from hand made dresses to £200 tracksuits. But her family have paid a heavy price for such largesse, both financially and emotionally.
In Blackpool, Jo meets Bailey, a ten-year-old-boy who spends up to 80 hours a week playing online computer games, while his Mum struggles to cope with two demanding younger sisters.
Also, in this episode's Big Event Jo stages one of the biggest child fitness tests in decades. Working with Leeds Metropolitan University, who recently re-discovered the results of a 1959 test measuring fitness levels of more than 3,000 seven to ten year olds, Jo puts 80 of today's ten year olds through the same tests to see how they compare.
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