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@Bennifer said:
Obviously kids falling through windows is truly awful but I have to wonder where parental/owner/tenant responsibility comes into things? Is it really the government’s and the OC’s responsibility to stop it happening?
“parental responsibility” is a wonderful concept, but it doesn’t seem to happen too often.
How often do we read about kids drowning in backyard pools, kids being run over by cars in driveways, (sometimes drunk) drivers with unrestrained kids in the car, kids with burns or scalds from playing with kitchen utensils while parent is cooking, etc, etc? Recently I noticed a couple of toddlers playing at the top of an escalator in a shopping centre; I found the parents sitting nearby having a coffee, when I pointed out what was happening the response was simply “we told them not to play there, but they don’t take any notice” and they just carried on with their conversations.
Sadly Government and other third party intervention is necessary to compensate for the growing minority of parents who don’t understand or don’t care about risks.