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EPISODE · Oct 10, 2025 · 6 MIN

When should parents let children go out alone?

from Newstalk Breakfast

When should parents let children go out alone?  It's a question that Freelance Journalist Niamh O’Reilly knows all too well. She recently allowed her boys, who are six and eight-year-old, walk to the supermarket alone.  

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When should parents let children go out alone?  It's a question that Freelance Journalist Niamh O’Reilly knows all too well. She recently allowed her boys, who are six and eight-year-old, walk to the supermarket alone.  

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