In November 2006 Al Jazeera began broadcasting in English with a promise to balance the flow of information from South to North. Two years on we are looking at the state of the world through the eyes of children. How do opportunity, expectation and lifestyle differ from region to region, and country to country?

Here is a look at Grace Abercombie who lives in London with novelist Dad and TV editor Mum who is pregnant with their second child and has given up work.