I know what you mean. Back when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's I broke my leg at a friends place. A neighbor fell from the top of one our trees. We kids were getting minor injuries all the time but I don't think it ever occurred to any parent to sue somebody. I also remember one of our neighbors couldn't find work for awhile and my dad and other neighbors would give them what we could afford with never the thought of paying us back.
I think lawsuits and/or the threat of them killed off some of the real neighborliness today. A good meeting ground for the neighbors to meet each other was through their kids playing with other kids and then the parents meeting each other. I really don't know how parents react now when their kid gets hurt in somebody elses yard. I suppose it varies from neighborhood to neighborhood.
Like you were saying it's hard to know now just what to do.
I don't know and don't want to find out. It would seem to have something to do with "deep pockets" vs. "squeezing blood out of a turnip".
The only thing I can think of is to circle the wagons and plant shrubs :-).
Some boys are still boys. Can you relate?
