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

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.

Kirstie Allsopp has been reported to social services over safety fears – after allowing her 15-year-old son to take an inter-railing holiday with a palCredit: Getty

Labour councillor Andy Croy, of Wokingham in Berkshire, who posted that Kirstie’s decision to let her son Oscar go inter-railing was ‘stupid beyond belief’Credit: X @KirstieMAllsopp

Kirstie allowed Oscar (right, pictured in 2021) to travel with a pal for the summerCredit: Getty

It’s not her first trolling and, as a robust sort, she probably factored it in as something you just have …