It's a question parents ask time and time again:  What is the right age for my kids to do [insert risk]? 

Justin and Kylie look at a number of hot topics and discuss the appropriate/legal age for children to be allowed to do each of these.

• Staying at home alone
• The laws in QLD
• Putting in place contingency plans
• Mobile phones, school devices, burner phones
• Kids need smart parents, not smart phones
• Smart parents give their kids dumb phones (Unplug Childhood)
• Boyfriends & girlfriends
• #816 Tween Relationships: How Young is Too Young?
• Sleepovers
• Walking to school or the shops alone
• Ear piercing

(R) This episode originally aired 28/8/23.

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Related links: 

• Everyone Else Can Do It! Why Can’t I?
• Movies and Kids: When Is It Okay For Them To Watch That?
• Should our Young Children have Boyfriends or Girlfriends at School?
• When is it OK to Leave your Child Home Alone?
• Are Sleepovers OK?

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