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Liveinnan I'd be reeling as well. What irresponsible parents to that four year old child.
And as for your partner's reaction, well if a child is at risk you are not overreacting and it most certainly is your business.
Good grief ?

Liveinnan I would have blown a gasket - and I’m not usually known for overreacting.

As Chewbacca has pointed out, scaffolding is subject to rigorous H&S rules and regulations, so feel free to click on this link and then go and quote from the first three headings!

www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/ladders-and-scaffold-security.htm

One point for neen.
Your daughter and sil should be able to live in the own by now.

If the scaffolding contractor knew that, in his absence, a child had been able to climb out of a window, crawl onto the scaffolding and walk along it over a glass roof, I strongly suspect that he'd dismantle the whole lot and walk out of the job immediately. He would know that, if the HSE got to know of it, he would very likely lose his license and possibly be fined as well. He has to pay an enormous amount of money to insure not just the scaffolding equipment but also his employees who use it. He also has to pay for Public Liability insurance, just in case someone is daft enough to let a child climb on it. You're risking a lot Liveinnan.

I think it is time to remind them whose house it is, and therefore whose rules must be followed.

Please don't allow your good will to be exploited.

Elain1,
I can assure you it is absolutely true. It all happened about 6 hours ago and I’m still reeling from it. When I told my partner what had happened he said I was overreacting and that I had no right to interfere in what my daughter allows her child to do. I keep thinking how terrible if it had ended with my GD falling through my conservatory glass roof.

Well Liveinnan my opinion is that your daughter and her boyfriend must be round the twist.

I am sorry but this cannot be a real post! I cannot believe any human being would think it was, in any form, excusable to allow a child under at least 12 to go out a window any higher than ground level and walk on scaffolding!!! If an adult walked on scaffolding erected by builders, the builders could get into serious trouble. Worse still if a child under guidance from carers did! Are you for real? If you are is your daughter for real? Totally utterly unbelievable!!!!!

I can understand why your upset. Maybe time for the gentleman to provide for his family under his own roof then he can have his own rules.