My grandad went to war at 16 – he’d find it laughable social services were called over Kirstie Allsopp’s son’s holiday

WHEN proud mum and TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp announced on social media that her 15-year-old son had returned from travelling around Europe with a 16-year-old friend, she lit the touch paper for an entirely predictable social media explosion.

Particularly as she posted, “If we’re afraid, our children will also be afraid. If we let go, they will fly” — a red rag to all helicopter parents.