With six children all living under one roof, life at the Boyds' house can get pretty chaotic. The family has been fostering children for nine years, and there are currently four children staying with 16-year-old Matthew Boyd, his parents and his older sister.
"It's really busy but it's dead good because there's always someone around," says Matthew. "It can get quite lively but I like that. I get on very well with the foster children. The ones we've got now I class as my brothers and sisters."
But it hasn't always been this easy. Having strangers moving into his home was difficult initially, he admits. "At first, I felt like I was getting pushed out of the way and they were getting more attention and more treats given to them."
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