When Mick Godber - a 5ft11in, 16-stone biker with a shaved head and goatee beard - says he's a minder, people presume he means a bouncer. But he's been a childminder for 16 years.
Mick now works in partnership with his wife, Vicky, in Clifton, Nottingham.
'We married three years ago and it was a natural progression to work together. We complement each other,' he says.
'Some of the parents like it that we're presenting a typical family unit.
They like it that the children see my wife and I working together and not arguing. It is quite a rough area and many of the children I care for have conflict in their lives. We provide some stability.'
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