The Brittas Children
Gordon and Helen have many children; but the number of them is a mystery. In "Laying The Foundations", 3 boys are seen playing cricket in the back garden, although one is later revealed to be from next door. It is mentioned that they have 3 boys, but only Helen's from a previous relationship. The youngest of these boys is called "Tom", and the eldest is called "Jonathan", who provides Helen with drugs.
In series 5, Helen believes she is pregnant again, although this is proved false.
At the end of series 2, Helen discovers she is pregnant with twins, and at the end of series 3, she gives birth to two boys, of Whitbury High Street. In "The Christening", it is revealed those boys were named "Mark" and "Matthew".
In series 5, however, Helen mentions they have six children. In "The Curse Of The Tiger Woman", Gordon corrects Helen by stating that they have 4 children and not 3, and in series 4, Helen mentions they have got 4 children.
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“Even though I had let them choose their own socks since babyhood, I was only beginning to learn to trust their adult judgment.. . . I had a sensation very much like the moment in an airplane when you realize that even if you stop holding the plane up by gripping the arms of your seat until your knuckles show white, the plane will stay up by itself. . . . To detach myself from my children . . . I had to achieve a condition which might be called loving objectivity.”
—Anonymous Parent of Adult Children. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, ch. 5 (1978)