As a child every time it snowed my family built snowmen to memorialize the great event. We could enjoy them for hours, or days, depending on the weather. Now an adult, my family does the same thing. Only this year, both times the boys made snowmen they were destroyed by neighborhood bullies.

Last November, they just walked into the yard and pushed them all over. Last week when it snowed, around 11:30 p.m. two boys on a 4-wheel quad tore into my yard and plowed my children's snowmen down. My children were heartbroken.

Of course we can't "do" anything; the police can't "do" anything. We can't even try and build new ones because the snow is so dry now. What a sad place to live this is, where children are not taught to care and respect other people.

Judy Davies

Des Moines