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Any parent bringing up their child or children in an apartment and allowing them onto a balcony or any common property without 100%, absolutely dedicated supervision when they are younger than, say, 7 or 8 is being negligent, in my view.
Even when they are that age, the years and years of warnings such as ‘Don’t go near that window’, ‘Don’t run down the stairs’ or ‘This is a car park, be careful’ are in one ear and out the other.
I don’t think safety nets and OH&S checks are the answer to any perceived problem; constant parental supervision of the littler ones is the only thing that will help.
I laughed at the lawyers in today’s Sydney Morning Herald saying ‘law suits are on their way, don’t you worry about that’. They WOULD say that wouldn’t they! And the OH&S inspectors, safety net importers and Strata Managers and their contractors are rubbing their hands together at the expectation of all the extra income that will be generated.
Having said all that, this is a difficult one. Even one little life saved by a safety net would make it all worthwhile.