The bond between a mother and her children is supposed to be unbreakable , but Pauline Bubb 's kids turned her into a prisoner in her own home . The 47 year old single mum from Southampton , was beaten up to 30 times a day by her daughter Sapphire , nine , and regularly locked herself away in her bedroom to escape from harm . Her son Spencer , 11 , who often joined in with the abuse , was the first to violently abuse his mother - aged four , he stabbed her in the stomach with a pair of scissors . Scroll down for video . Pauline Bubb , 46 , from Southampton , who was violently attacked by her 11 year-old-son Spencer , and nine-year-old daughter Sapphire ( Pictured from left : Sapphire , Pauline , Spencer and Jorja ) The only one of her children who did n't resort to violence was Sapphire 's twin sister Jorja , who would often leave the room when the beatings started . Unable to cope , Pauline turned to Channel 5 as a last ditch attempt after hearing about their new programme , My Violent Child . In an interview with the Mirror today , she said : ' I was frightened of my own kids - my legs would often be bruised and I had to keep them covered . ' The violence got so bad that Pauline started to dread her children coming home from school and would start shaking as the clock started to move towards 3.30pm . Pauline sought help from the makers of a Channel 5 documentary My Violent Child after years of violence at home at the hands of her children . The aggression would often start as soon as they walked through the front door , with the attacks escalating to the stage where Sapphire once bit her face . In one incident , Spencer attempted to strangle his mother from behind while she was sat in a chair . But while Spencer 's behaviour calmed down once he was diagnosed with ADHD , Sapphire 's continued to worsen . Pauline said : 'She started off two years ago with controlling behaviour - she would ask me a question like , 'Can I have a packet of crisps ? ' but then say 'Yes Sapphire ' . 'Then I had to say it , but exactly how she wanted me to . I could n't say it too fast or too slow , I had to stand still , I could n't move , I could n't blink and she would repeat herself 20 or 30 times . 'If I said no , she would get louder , start swearing and hit me . ' Pauline comforts her daughter Sapphire after one of her tantrums . Although many people would find it incredulous that Pauline allowed the abuse to escalate over a number of years without getting any help , she explains that she was too embarrassed to do anything about the situation . Pauline is n't alone - the number of violent young children in the UK is rising steadily , with 118 boys and girls under the age of 14 prosecuted for domestic abuse in 2012/13 . After contacting the makers of My Violent Child , Pauline and her children started working with parenting experts provided by the television station and Pauline says she has seen a dramatic improvement in their behaviour . Pauline regularly locked herself away on her bedroom to escape the attacks . She now puts their aggression down to the fact that there were few rules in her household for the children to abide by , leaving them feeling insecure . She told The Mirror : ' I was inconsistent . I had no boundaries and had lost my parental control . ' My Violent Child is on Channel 5 this Wednesday at 9pm .
Pauline mother , 47 , from Southampton was attacked daily by her children . The mother attempted to lock herself in her bedroom to escape the attack . She now admits it was because they had no privacy or privacy at all .