Gloria P wrote:
> Dave Bugg wrote:
>> Food Snob® wrote:
>>
>>> Coincidentally, tonight is our block's walk and talk with a police
>>> officer night. We are going to ask the police to talk to the woman
>>> and tell her that as far as children are concerned, "No means no."
>>
>> Bryan, wouldn't it be better to just go and talk with the woman
>> yourself? I don't see the need to have the police do anything; I see
>> this more as a neighbor to neighbor discussion of expectations
>> concerning what happened to your child. I would also believe that
>> from and adult point of view, this neighbor may not have recognized
>> coersion in the same manner that you feel occured. Again, that is
>> why a friendly, but firm, talk would be the way I would approach it.
>> Dragging the police in seems to me to be creating a far more
>> polarizing atmosphere when there were no threats or other breaches
>> of the law. Just sayin'.
>
>
> It depends on whether you just want her to stop with your child or
> want to save others the hassle of her efforts. If she is a "true
> believer" she won't stop proselytizing until she is scared into
> stopping by some authority figure.

Proselytizing is not against the law. It is up to each parent to decide what
they wish to do for their own child. Each parent can talk to this person
should they wish. There is no reason to drag government authority into a
neigbor-to-neighbor dispute.

--
Dave
What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan