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How do Dad’s cope with the demands of a supersize family? Whether you’re the practical or the eccentric type, dads are the glue that hold families together, and when everything goes south, it’s the dad’s everyone looks to for guidance. On this episode, we meet two very different dads who are facing very similar problems.

In the Lewis Household in Bournemouth, Pete’s only son has just flown the nest, leaving this Dad of twelve daughters the only male in a very pink-themed house. With work and all the demands of his many daughters, Pete doesn’t have any time off. Dreams of quality time with wife Tracey are seeming ever more distant and with a grandchild on the way, getting Tracey to stop focusing all her attention on their ever-expanding family is no easy feat. But Dad is the glue that holds this chaotic clan together, and when disaster strikes over Christmas, Dad is needed more than ever.

In Ramsgate Kent, Gary Freer gave up his job as a long distance lorry driver when his wife was struggling to look after so many kids whilst he was away 6 days of the week… But for eccentric party man Gary, the home life suits him just fine. Part of the reasoning behind this decision was that two of their children need a bit of extra help- fifteen year old Jordan has ADHD and is home-schooled whilst seven year old Paul is in and out of hospital constantly with a medical condition affecting his oesophagus. When Paul’s operation is delayed until after Christmas, his illness threatens to put a dimmer on the normally bright and cheery holidays. Can Dad hold the family festivities together with so much to be worried about?

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