A girl sobbed as she was told she wasn’t able to vote during an episode of ‘Secret Life Of 5-Year-Olds’ marking 100 years since women won the right to vote.
A group of nine five-year-olds took part in the show, which follows kids around the classroom and playground as they participate in tasks and activities.
The girls, who were sat on either a blue or purple step, were told that afternoon they were able to decide which activity they were going to play (hook a duck vs. tunnel of terror) by voting.
“If you are sitting on the blue step, you get to have the vote,” one of the teachers said.
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Saoirse Hanna, from London, wasn’t sitting on the blue step and was devastated she wasn’t able to take part in the vote. She started sobbing and said: “It’s not fair, I wanted to vote.”
Soon after another girl in the group - Darcy - told Saoirse: “I’ll give you my vote if you want.” An offer she keenly accepted.
Watching the interactions, Dr Elizabeth Kilbey, a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS said: “It’s so powerful, for an arbitrary reason, she can’t do what the others are able to do. It’s so poignant.”
The ‘Secret Life of Five Year Olds: All Girls’ airs Tuesday 6 February on Channel 4 at 8pm.