Michela is 15 and mum to two-month-old Tamara-Leigh. As she struggles to cope with her new workload and the loss of her freedom, Michela feels that motherhood is wrecking her life. Living with her parents and older sister Suzanne, who was also underage and pregnant, Michela and her mum are at loggerheads. Family tensions reach crisis point when Michela's mum calls social services.