{"id":520798,"date":"2026-04-09T04:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520798\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:33:11","slug":"frankie-bridge-breaks-down-in-tears-over-feeling-trapped-in-family-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520798\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Bridge breaks down in tears over feeling \u2018trapped\u2019 in family decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:The Independent;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"The Independent\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"271\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-12\/ae90c5b0-7c98-11ed-befe-1be805a50c91.webp\"\/><\/a>Wed, 8 April 2026 at 8:36 pm UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_uk_the_independent_uk_182\/6a890f1aae8c1c01bc8ffd79ca8c4d12.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Frankie Bridge breaks down in tears over feeling \u2018trapped\u2019 in family decision<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Frankie Bridge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/frankie-bridge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Frankie Bridge<\/a> broke down in tears over feeling &#8220;trapped&#8221; by the struggle to find the best schooling for her son, who has severe dyslexia.<\/p>\n<p>The former Saturdays singer, 37, posted a <a data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/youtube\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> video explaining that while 10-year-old Carter&#8217;s current school supports him well, she has been considering whether to send him to an &#8220;expensive&#8221; specialist school as he starts secondary education.<\/p>\n<p>Bridge was visibly emotional as she described how difficult her son has found moving between schools, as &#8220;nothing has been able to meet his needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just feel a bit worn down by it now. I just feel a bit trapped because, obviously, they have to go to school,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just can&#8217;t move him again. And I just don&#8217;t know what the right thing is for him anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, 8 April 2026 at 8:36 pm UTC Frankie Bridge breaks down in tears over feeling \u2018trapped\u2019 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,80440,59,181180,56,54,55,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-520798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-frankie-bridge","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-specialist-school","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-youtube"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}