[Yamer]

I think there are some important distinctions to be made in Textcritic's story.

First, he didn't just abscond with the child. The kid came over to his house voluntarily and with the intention of distancing himself from what the child perceived as an unsafe situation.

Second, there was no forceful action in this story. The closest it may have come is the prevention of (heavy handed language warning) forceful entry and seizure on Textcritic's property. There was no preventing the child from leaving, the child didn't want to leave and Textcritic was neither going to allow the parents to enter his home and take the child nor just kick him out. Given the tangible volatility the right call was to the RCMP.

As for kids coming into yards to retrieve toys and balls, I've never been the personality to be bothered by children doing that. I've lived a fence apart from one neighbor or another my whole life, and if they have kids it all starts with a conversation in our backyards over the fence saying they can come in and get back what they need. That up front respect and trust has never caused a problem, and because my backyard is boring to children nothing has ever gone missing.