Kirstie Allsopp comes under fire for allowing her younger son to go interrailing through Europe with just one friend his own age (Image: Joe Maher/Getty Images) TV personality Kirstie Allsopp has attracted criticism after revealing her 15 year old son's interrailing trip across Europe this summer accompanied by his 16 year old friend, with some arguing the teenagers were too young for such an adventure. In a social media post yesterday (Mon), the presenter famed for housing programmes like Channel 4 's 'Location, Location, Location', shared: "My little boy has returned from 3 weeks inter-railing, he'll be 16 on Wednesday so he went with a mate who's already 16 due to hostel/travel restrictions." "They organised the whole thing; Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Marseille, Toulouse, Barcelona and Madrid.
For obvious budget reasons inter-railing isn't on the cards for everyone, but in this increasingly risk averse world it's vital that we find any ways we can to give our children the confidence that only comes from trusting them." "Of course I missed spending the summer with our son, but I'm so proud of him and my loss is nothing compared to his gain and the encyclopaedic knowledge he now has of the differences between one McDonalds and another. If we're afraid our children will also be afraid, if we let go, they will fly.
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