Cotton Wool

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.

• northern england
• sibling relationship
• countryside
• single parent
• winter
• society
• social work
• difficult childhood
• wheelchair
• trauma
• modern society
• childhood trauma
• community
• based on true story
• wheelchair user
• coming of age
• yorkshire
• love
• rural area
• teenage girl
• sibling rivalry
• family drama
• single mother
• family
• compassion
• children's rights
• family conflict
• family feud
• stroke
• childhood
• united kingdom
• disabled
• social documentary
• social justice
• social services
• motherhood
• welfare
• short compilation
• cotton
• social issues
• community spirit
• northern lights
• carer
• halifax
• manchester
• family issues
• northern
• child welfare
• healthcare
• social
• desperate
• nhs
• rural
• north of england
• rural life
• universal healthcare
• short film
• child carer
• oldham
• aphasia
• post traumatic growth