Not so long ago, mum of five Shereen Dann was at rock bottom. "I was existing, not living," she says. "If you'd asked my children they'd have said: 'Mum just sits in the corner and cries'."
Dann had moved to Gateshead to escape a home fractured by domestic violence. But her family was still blighted by antisocial behaviour, especially when the eldest of Dann's five sons and his friends started drinking and causing problems in the street.
The then 21-year-old was aggressive towards his younger brothers, causing fights in the house. Dann was desperately worried about her next two sons, who often skipped school. Her middle boy, then aged 13, had been shoplifting and committing other offences. She was suffering from severe depression and didn't know what to do.
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