I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it.” A very interesting aversion in Clover Moon: On Clover's first night at the Home, the other girls pour water over her mattress. Clover changes the sheets in the middle of the night, but then becomes worried she might wet it, but doesn't. Marigold in The Illustrated Mum tries to be a good parent, but frequently leaves her children alone all night while going out, and is often not able to take care of them when depressed. Marigold is somewhat aware of her tendency to neglect Star and Dolphin, and actually expresses concern that she might be a bad mother. Moral Guardians - Referenced In-Universe in Midnight, where Violet mentions that Casper Dream's first book ("The Smoke Fairy") was recalled because of concerns that it encouraged smoking in children.

Dixie in the finale of The Diamond Girls, after catching Mary and breaking both legs. Her mother reassures her that she's young and will heal in no time. Miss Oliver from My Mum Tracy Beaker becomes this. She looks out for Jess and is very understanding when she gets popular after Tracy starts dating Sean and helping her after they break up. The two develop a friendship outside of school, especially after she and Cam become friends. In the Girls series, Ellie has a crush on a handsome guy who turns out to be gay, leading to embarrassment for her when she pretends to her friends that he is her boyfriend Dan (the real Dan being awkward and nerdy.) She and the gay guy do become good friends though. I Just Want to Be Normal - Barbara in Deep Blue has spent her life training to be an Olympic diving champion, and feels that she has missed out on "normal" experiences as a result. This trope causes her to use a minor accident at the pool as an excuse to quit diving so that she can attend parties and hang out with boys like a regular girl of her age. In The Diamond Girls, Sue's daughters range in age from 10 to 16 and she then has another baby. Dixie finds out her dad's current wife has recently had another baby as well, meaning she has two siblings a decade younger than she.

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Also Miss Hill from The Illustrated Mum, who seems to delight in making Dolphin's day that much worse, despite the fact there would be a lot of evidence that Dol had a rough home life and at one point she continues to lecture Dol about the fact she hasn't even washed her face even as Dol is crying. However, she then appears to have some remorse, and later in the story, she definitely pulls a Heel–Face Turn after the school being made aware of what Dolphin Wilson's earlier novels were more prone to the Downer Ending; since she hit the big time with the first Tracy Beaker book, a Bittersweet Ending is more common. Tina's mother in Falling Apart still hasn't recovered from her son's death seven years ago, and makes Tina feel very unloved because of it. It's drawn to attention several times that she never directly looks at Tina when speaking to her. When Tina unsuccessfully attempts suicide, her mother reacts harshly, to the point that it seems she wasn't even worried about her daughter dying and just angry that she'd try to kill herself. Adaptation Distillation: The first book of Hetty Feather spends half the story about Hetty's life in her foster home and later, her return to the Foundling Hospital at age five before the Time Skip. The show however, gives a small introduction in the first episode before focusing entirely on her current life in the hospital. This changes at the end of Series 3 when she, Gideon, and Sheila leave the hospital for their services. April's friends in Dustbin Baby think it's cool that April calls Marion by her first name, but they don't know that she's actually a foster parent (which is why she'd rather April call her by name).

In the first book of the Girls series, Ellie falls hard for Kevin, an older boy she has seen around town but never really met or spoken to. She later develops a relationship with Dan (a boy her own age) and has to accept that Kevin will never live up to her romantic fantasies as he is gay; however, Ellie and Kevin do form a genuine platonic friendship. Here come the girls! This collection of seriously sassy stories feature the boldest, bravest, and most brilliant girls in kids fiction. Prepare to be inspired. May in The Power of the Shade is treated as a replacement for her dead mother. She's named after her mother ("May" is an anagram of her mother's name, Amy); has her mother's old bedroom, furniture, books, and other belongings; and is pushed to become an artist because that was Amy's ambition in life. Her grandparents and great-aunt express approval by commenting on May's similarities to Amy, and disapproval by encouraging her to be more like Amy. In Baby Love, Laura gets pregnant after (technically) a one night stand with her baby's father. Due to the values of the time period, she doesn't quite understand what sex is or how pregnancy happens (exacerbated by the conception happening in a dark closet space so she couldn't properly see what was happening.) She believes they basically just made out, and is ignorant of what really happened until her pregnancy becomes obvious to others.Lily’s mother in Lily Alone was only 15 when she had Lily, and is implied to be very codependent on men, resulting in three more children. However, she’s very immature, still trying to be a teenager and certainly not ready to be a mother, constantly dumping her younger children on Lily with bad results and has the kids taken away, with a low chance of reunification. She does love her kids, but she’s still a bad mother in the eyes of the law.