It’s not the landlord’s task to look after your kids…

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: It’s not the landlord’s task to look after your kids… In response to the letter ‘A window of opportunity to prevent high-rise tragedies’ calling for landlords to put bars on windows (Dec 12), so you’re saying it is now the landlord’s responsibility to prevent children clambering over handrails on balconies and climbing up in windows? What happened to parental responsibility? Blame the maid if the worst happens, resolving yourself from any responsibility for bringing up your children. Bars on windows block your secondary escape route if there is a fire blocking the primary exit. How do fire crews rescue people in a burning building with bars on the window? Mark, Dubai Read the original story at: It’s not the landlord’s task to look after your kids…