posted February 03, 2015 10:04 PM
It all depends, of course, though going by what you say they shouldn't.However, what I've noticed (in the United States) is that parents who live in apartments typically don't intend to live there permanently, they're there until a house sells and/or becomes available, can move in with someone, get a better job, etc. In such a mindset people are much more geared to immediate gratification over long term thinking which can lead to some problems. And parents (especially if working a lot) like to direct the attention of kids elsewhere (at least this is sports rather than using video games or even TV as a babysitter...) which makes their job easier, and if it keeps them close to home so they don't have to worry about kids getting into trouble then so much the better.
In any case it appears that the majority have spoken. Not much you can do about that and I can understand why the landlord wants to keep the most people happy.
Do the majority have cars or do they instead use public transportation? If the former then it might be interesting how things change if severe vehicle damage is done.
I once lived by some apartments where the mothers allowed their kids to play among jagged pieces of broken glass (and some of the shards were big), and that included climbing in trees above it and doing kickflips on skateboards with little to no protection. I was so stunned by that so I asked them why that was going on and summed up "it was someone else's responsibility" to clean up the glass, and if their kids got hurt and needed stitches then they'd sue (though there was no firm consensus on who would get sued, they hadn't thought that far ahead).