Since my neighbors and I all knew each other and all our parents knew each other we freely hung out on each others' property.
The only time I spent as a kid on anyone's property whom I didn't know was to retrieve some balls and pucks from time to time from people who were known not to return found objects if you asked them.
In my urban neighborhood there really was no reason to spend time on a stranger's property unless you wanted to steal something - no inviting streams or woods or rock formations or anything like that.
Just poured concrete and tomato patches.
Dang, we spent hours and hours sitting up in trees. The world looked so "forever and ever" from up there :)
Exactly, and most likely the parents got to know each other thru the kids coming into each others spaces.
I don't see anything wrong with drawstring finding out where this kid came from and introducing themselves to them. But to act like the kid was a criminal because he was up a tree not on his property and walking across others property, is just a bit extreme.
Becky
Your points are much more understandable coming from a city kid.