NPSCC advice on when your child can walk to and from school alone

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The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has issued advice for parents who may be toing and froing with the decision of whether or not to let their child commute to school alone.

As the days start to get shorter and the weather gets colder, the fear of letting your kid go free into the outside world grows.

Coming to a decision on whether or not it's safe to let your loved one make their own way to and from school is quite anxiety-inducing, especially over the dark mornings and evenings of winter.

There is so much objectivity and nuance surrounding what age it's appropriate, but luckily for you, the leading children's charity has now published some guidance for parents are grapping with this question.

"There’s no legal age that your child ca