skippydog, please highlight a post on this thread that has condoned the fact that this neighbour pushed this child.
I can see some that say they would be irritated by the child's behaviour, but none that say they approve of the way the neighbour behaved.
Being violent on your kid's behalf is horrific.
I agree that there is a double standard on this thread, but it is from the OP, not other posters. The OP expects her daughter not to be treated in the way she has, but she was not supervising her child to ensure her safety.
She can't have it both ways - either she accepts responsibility for her child, and therefore supervises her properly, or she doesn't, and accepts that her daughter is likely to run into problems - after all she is only 5 years old!
A five year old needs protecting. The OP should have protected her daughter.
Instead of realising this, and making efforts to properly supervise her child from now on, she reacts by calling the police and wants to behave violently towards this neighbour.
Not a brilliant example to set her child, IMO.
Everyone in this situation should be responsible for their actions. The neighbour should apologise (but I doubt she will now the police have been involved), the little girl should apologise, and the OP should ensure her daughter is properly supervised at all times.
She should be relieved that something worse didn't happen, IMO, as not many 5 year olds have good traffic sense.
The neighbour behaved badly, but so did the OP.
My post is far from being politically correct, as I believe that people should be responsible for their own behaviour, and not expect someone else to sort out their problems for them.
I certainly don't subscribe to the current blame culture, where everyone attempts to pass the buck to someone else.
Just because I don't agree in behaving like a thug doesn't mean I need to 'get over myself' either.
What's so difficult in attempting to solve this problem by talking - you know, like a responsible adult?