#450 Should Children Visit a Parent in Prison?

The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up) · Jul 22, 2025 · 1h 6m

In this powerful and emotional episode, Niall shares an email from a listener named Tina, a mother of two young children whose husband has recently been sent to prison for several years. With the details of the case kept private, Tina asks for public input on a deeply personal question:

Should she bring the children to visit their father in jail?

Tina describes the difficult reality she's facing — a partner behind bars, children who miss their dad, and the guilt of having told them he’s working abroad to shield them from the truth. She worries that exposing them to the prison environment —…