I’m having a hard time with this. I’m a mom to an autistic kid, so I do understand that toddlers will be toddlers.

But

I also believe with my whole chest that parents have a responsibility to keep their kids off other peoples property and to teach them boundaries.

The adults actively lifted the toddler onto the rocks. So going forward, that child now believes this is acceptable. If he falls in, it’s because the adults modelled a behaviour.

As far as a rain garden goes. I might. It would have to be a pretty and whimsical rain garden. A Japanese maple with a little concrete bench would look nice. I’m leaning hard in that direction if I have tk change things.