TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has said that she does not think she would have been reported to social services for letting her 15 year old son go on a trip abroad if she had 'been an ordinary member of the public'
TV star Kirstie Allsopp has spoken out, saying she believes she wouldn't have been reported to social services for allowing her 15 year old son to travel abroad if she were "an ordinary member of the public". The Location, Location, Location host, 52, revealed over the weekend that a report was made to her local council, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , after she disclosed that she let her teenage son go interrailing with a 16 year old mate.
Allsopp has shared her mixed feelings about the reaction to her post revealing her son Oscar's interrailing trip across Europe for his GCSE celebration, describing it as "extraordinary." Kirstie Allsopp pointed out historical changes and questioned current societal norms by stating: "Until 1972, 15 was the school leaving age, the majority of people left school at 15 and got a job. And what has changed? Why are we infantilising children? ".
"What has changed? Why has it changed? "And this increase in adolescent mental health, which is a crisis, we talk about anxiety all the time. It's like a buzzword, anxiety, anxiety.
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