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Katie Thomas
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00:00So you want two plates?
00:02No.
00:03Yes.
00:04Sorry, I'm not making a big deal.
00:06I just think that first impressions are...
00:07We're just having a chat.
00:08Yeah, I know that.
00:09It's not down to them, this Emmy or whatever.
00:12It's Kate with a C.
00:13Yeah, OK.
00:14They are just giving us the benefit of their experience.
00:16That's it.
00:17Mm-hmm.
00:17All right?
00:18Yeah.
00:18Who cares what they think?
00:19Well, both.
00:20Yep.
00:20Yes, yes.
00:21Best behaviour already promised.
00:23But this is about us.
00:25Yeah?
00:25You and me deciding if we actually want to contact the agency.
00:30Mm-hmm.
00:30Not whether I'll lose clean enough for them to eat their dinner off.
00:33The air freshener?
00:33No.
00:34Eve.
00:38Breathe.
00:40OK.
00:46Sorry!
00:46Someone's packed my key, and it definitely wasn't me.
00:48Ravi, have you checked the other case?
00:51Tell me, what did your last slave die of?
00:53I'm starving.
00:55Exhaustion.
00:57OK, I'm not hungry any more.
00:58I feel sick.
00:59Oh, bucket.
01:00Um, Suki, have you got a bucket?
01:01And I've got a telly belly all the way back from the airport,
01:03and I'm not sure which end's going to go first.
01:05Oh!
01:06Oh!
01:06Cash.
01:07The cabbie, um, wants it for the deep clean.
01:09Let me, um, go to the ATM and get some.
01:11Dad, I've got cash.
01:12My birthday money.
01:13Sorry.
01:13Sorry.
01:14Oh!
01:14OK.
01:14Off she goes.
01:17Oh, that'd be them Jehovah's with the little kid.
01:19Followed us up the path.
01:20Oh, thank you so much.
01:22Sorry.
01:24She just decided six months back that she doesn't like how processed sugar makes her feel.
01:28So...
01:29We think it's important to let a child self-regulate.
01:36No.
01:38In my day, you just stuck them in the room and shut the door.
01:41Oh, well.
01:41Have a cake in your mouth.
01:49Thank God things have moved on since you were having biological children.
01:52Thea knows to listen to herself.
01:55Sleeps when she's ready.
01:56Very in tune with her own circadian rhythms.
01:59And like I said, obviously, we believe that a continuity of relationship with former foster carers,
02:03social workers, birth family members and their local community
02:07can be critical to a child's experience of stability.
02:10Obviously, obviously.
02:12And Barley, what have you done with the pop roll?
02:16We both learned basic Arabic before Fiha joined us.
02:20Katie homeschooled for the first year.
02:23How else are you going to understand the child-centred approach unless you've practised it first?
02:28Indeed.
02:28The biggest benefit of adopting later in life is that we have the time, don't we?
02:34Maturity.
02:35Recognising that all children are unique.
02:38Like actively engaging with the child's communication.
02:42You've used all the hot water.
02:44Don't slam doors.
02:47Taking their views seriously.
02:49Respectfully.
02:50Mum?
02:51Mum?
02:53That's it.
02:54We are done.
02:55I am done.
02:57Quiz neither, Vic.
02:58You promised.
02:59This is year six sports day all over again.
03:01I was on my own.
03:03The only one.
03:05My son.
03:13That Emmy practically sprinted down the path.
03:18What kind of kid doesn't like cake?
03:19I had six.
03:20What kind of parent allows their child to make all the big decisions?
03:25You know, sock colour?
03:27Sure.
03:27Mm-hmm.
03:28But what time they go to bed?
03:29You didn't like them from the minute they walked in and you saw the age difference.
03:34They started talking about mindfulness and meditation.
03:37Thought you were going to choke.
03:38That was indigestion.
03:40You know, they made me think.
03:42Yeah.
03:43How I would do things different if I had my time again.
03:49You're a natural.
03:51What?
03:52Yeah.
03:53That Vyha loved you.
03:54Mm-hmm.
03:55Well, she's a very smart little girl.
03:57I guess we should call the agency, then.
04:04Take the next step.
04:06It's not like it's a commitment or anything.
04:07Are you serious?
04:08Yeah, well...
04:09I could try and learn Swahili or whatever it is.
04:12It's on the off chance.
04:17Cut your dogs off.
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