Kirstie Allsopp flies separately from kids

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-44353321

I know this was from earlier in the week and just wondered what people thought? AIBU to think you should all fly together? Who is technically in charge of her kids? What if there is an incident on board? I see her point about it being expensive to all fly business class but I would fly economy with my kids if all together and business class if I was travelling alone or with DH only if I could afford to.

How odd. I have never liked her. Haughty woman.

"Alert me when therr is a problem". Poor cabin crew as if they haven't got enough responsibility already without also having to babysit your children. Selfish

I went off her when she was wailing on question time a few years ago about the proposed mansion tax and how it was so unfair on her inlaws in their 2 million pound house. It was during the credit crunch and all she gave a shit about.

LOL has Kirstie got a new tv programme coming up? You fly WITH your kids, obviously.

I've despised her after she said if she had a daughter she'd advise her to 'crack on' and have a baby in her early twenties rather than prioritising further education and career then moaning about fertility issues later

It's not uncommon for celebs to do this though. The nannies fly with the kids.

They are ten and eight most airlines would allow them to fly alone as long as collected at each end. So I don't see what the issue is.

YABU. They are 10 and 12, plenty of kids fly as unaccompanied minors younger than that.

The daughter of an Earl dispensing advice on family values.

I completely disagree with her attitude and so do most people I think. It’s like the people who have steak but serve cheap sausages to their children.

My kids would love that, to be honest. A brief taste of freedom.

Unless she has the best behaved pair of siblings in the whole entire world, then she's a lazy, selfish bitch.

No one wants to listen to the sounds of bickering, screechy unsupervised kids. Parent your own children.

Notcontent is that really that bad

Don't know many young kids who'd appreciate a good steak tbh, they'd probably rather have the sausages.

She has had a very privileged upbringing and life style that has made her views very narrow minded and yes that word entitled

Why she is championed on her I can never quite understand her smugness is unbearable

That is fucking awful. Poor kids.

I’m with her on the mansion tax though. My parents bought their house for £16k in the 80s on the salary of one teacher. It’s not their fault London property values have gone up. It would have socially cleansed some of the last few ordinary people who live in London out. They would have to sell up to one of the millionaire stockbrokers who live in their road these days, because a teachers pension does not a mansion tax pay.

It’s leaving an 11 year old alone in an enclosed space for a few hours. What’s the worst that can happen? People leave secondary school age children alone all the time and no one bats an eyelid.

YABU. I flew alone to visit grandparents at that age all the time.

Airlines OFFER a service for unaccompanied minors. The cabin staffs JOB is to look after them.

Christ people do like to slate other mothers don’t they. Their choice.

There was a big Twitter spat about this. KA responded to some twitter comments with venom.

Tbf the dc weren’t on their own, they were sitting with their older step siblings as far as I can recall.

At the end of that article it says Gordon Ramsay does the same. But it seems only mothers are criticised for it.

My exh has friends that always did this when their DCs were small. They were looked after by the au pair.

I supposed it's no different from leaving your DCs on any other occasion if, like exh friends the DCs are being supervised, but I think it's a bit much to expect the cabin crew to do it.

Not sure it's something I would have done even if I could I have afforded to.

Clearly KA doesn't care what anyone thinks about her self upgrading

Which is actually quite refreshing

My child flew over 20 hours as an unaccompanied minor at age 9. He was perfectly happy to do so and just read, watched films, and slept, same as I would.

If you find her twitter page and scroll down you can find some of the tweets.

It’s like the people who have steak but serve cheap sausages to their children.

OMG not sausages?! Not the cheap sausages?!

Get a fucking grip.

If she had someone with her then fair enough all parents need a break at some point but leaving them by themselves with just the cabin crew to occasionally check on them is plain irresponsible

Just imagining asking my charges (2 and 4) how they would like their 38 day aged fillet cooked