LOL!
She is 7, so there is not much she can do against her parents wishes.
It's usual for cats to be allowed outside here.  They are not near a main
road and I expect Tigger will be quite ok, but there is a bit more traffic
than here where I live as I am on the edge of countryside and my road goes
nowhere.
Maybe it's a good idea to introduce him to the big outside so young, who
knows?  I have no experience of kittens, both mine arrived adult and
streetwise.  I did tell them to make sure he was in at night or the foxes
would eat him and they took that on board.
I took my camera but no chance to get a piccie.
He's a lovely kitten, very kind natured with the kids, very slight in build
yet; which explains why, when Andrew saw Boyfriend a couple of weeks ago he
said "Blimey, he's FAT"  I carefully explained that he is not fat at all, he
is a mature male, 5 years old and in his prime and that one day *his* cat
will look like this.

Tweed

I know how you feel.  My brother and I used to be very close-- I still
regard him as my best friend.  When we talk, we always connect in the same
easy way.  But he lives in another city now, and is very wrapped up in his
family and his work, and is not so good at keeping in touch, or really
thinking about anything outside his own little family.  Actually, my mom and
dad and I are all rather dismayed at how distant he's become.  We don't feel
like there's anything we can do.

This is what's happened here too. Since my mother died in 2003 I hardly see
my 2 brothers and the more we are not in touch, the less we have in common.
It's sad.  It seems that she was the hub around which we all revolved.
Instead of taking what I said as a kindly meant attempt to advise and guide
(they have never had a cat before) it was seen as a criticism.  Ah well, I
guess I'll just have to let them get on with it, learning as they go ;-)

Tweed