Just so you know,

the neighbors' children have always been friendly to me here, even before I lived here, when I visited my Great Aunt, the eldest, who was about three then, would wander into the yard to visit. The children on our street play IN the street, draw large murals with chalk on the sidewalk and street in front of our house in the summertime, and know all the families in the neighborhood. The twins three houses down often have a lemonade stand, from which I have purchased the warmest, weakest lemonade ever.

That is right now, I guess it depends on your neighborhood.