This is so sad. Good heavens, sounds like just a normal kid to me being a kid.
All this worry about property lines...I don't get it. Probably why neighbors don't visit anymore. Every one's worried about people coming into their space. Geez... When i was a kid we went everywhere around our neighborhood except where there were fences. We climbed any tree that was climbable, we would swing in any swingset not in a fence. People didn't care. People enjoyed watching kids play. Kids didn't have to turn in to sneaky criminals to climb a tree. As long as no damage was being done to property No one cared.
Lighten up.
Becky
We climbed fences, jumped over them & ran through all of the yards-- no one cared. We were just being kids, and, unlike kids today, NONE of us were even slightly plump -- all that running, climbing and jumping was hard work.
See post # 51 on this thread.
Thanks to everyone who read my post carefully and provided thoughtful responses.
I think that those who defend the kid's behavior as normal and are scornful of my "hand wringing" may have felt differently if they had actually seen the kid for themselves. I probably did a poor job of describing it, but his demeanor was distinctly odd.
As to property lines, all I can say is that in my neighborhood (like it or not, right or wrong) you simply do not cut across people's yards, climb their trees and lean on their houses without permission.