Breadline Kids is a documentary that follows four families struggling with relative poverty in Britain. It uses a single-strand narrative structure to observe the daily challenges these families face over the course of filming. Through interviews and observational footage within the families' own environments, viewers see the sacrifices made by both children and adults to get by, from a parent not eating to feed their children to the effects of illness. While the families work to cope and adapt to their situations, the documentary does not present a fully concluded ending, remaining open about their ongoing experiences with poverty.