When I was growing up if we did something wrong in the neighborhood, and someone saw it, we were told in no uncertain terms. By the time we got home our parents knew what happened, and we were told again. If we got hurt at the neighbors house while playing we were taken home, and nobody said we are going to SUE. I had a teacher in 4ht grade that pulled our hair or cracked our knuckles if we didn't hold the pencil correctly. Our parents didn't threaten the school board. We learned real quick to study hard and not fail that grade.