#Coffee break with dani family series#

I know I'm going to be exactly the same with my daughter when she turns 13.” My daughter has just started watching Tracy Beaker

She's becoming a teenager so Tracy is kind of trying to loosen her grip a little bit, but struggling with it. In the current series, Jess turns 13, which is obviously quite a big milestone. Jess (Tracy’s daughter) is a lot older than my own children so it's kind of a weird glimpse into my future. However there are of course loads of things I can relate to when it comes to parenting.

“Me and Tracy are very, very different in terms of how we grew up which has a huge impact on how she parents – obviously, anyone's upbringing does. It's quite nice that we've got iPlayer now so teenagers don't feel like they're watching anything too babyish.” Says Dani.Īlthough both Tracy and Dani are now parents, Dani doesn’t think that she and Tracy share any of the same parenting qualities because of their vastly different upbringings. “We're not really sure where the program should sit really, because we’re on CBBC but then all the adults want to watch it.

#Coffee break with dani family series#

Tracy has made the decision to foster Jordan and things are pretty tense as they anxiously wait for the fostering to be approved. There aren’t many shows that appeal to such a wide audience like the Tracy Beaker series do, with young children, teenagers and parents all a fan of Tracy. In the latest and final series of The Beaker Girls on CBBC, it picks up where it left off. Over 20 years on, Dani is still portraying the part of Tracy, who is now a mum – something she and mum of two Dani have in common. Since 2002, Dani Harmer has been a regular on our screens, playing one of the most iconic British children’s TV characters, Tracy Beaker.