I would have left him in jail and let him work out his own bail too. He’s fortunate that neither his son or anyone else was hurt. Time to make him grow up.
“Time to make him grow up.”
Not proud to mention this, but when my son was 16, he ran with some really bad kids. As I was working on my plot to extricate him from those idiots, he decided one night to light up a doobie on my living room couch!
The only reason I caught him IN the act (I would’ve smelled it later, of course) was that the dog chose that moment to get sick and I was rushing down from bed to get her out the door.
He was allowed to pack a few belongings and was shown the door that MINUTE! I was so FURIOUS that he would have the b@lls to do that!
And now he’s 20 and he’s turned out fine. Nip it in the bud. The first time...not AFTER your d@mn kid is arrested for the, what? Fourth? Fifth time? Yeesh.
Your children will BEG you for boundaries. Give them to them! My son has told me since that the reason he was acting out was that he WANTED to find a way to get away from those idiots while saving face, anyway.
Too bad ‘Al The Third’ didn’t have that chance...or if he actually did they blew it big time!
That’s my theory anyway, LOL! Rich or poor kids aren’t that different. We all go through the same things on our way to Grown Up Land.
P.S. The first and only time I got in trouble with alcohol, my Dad did the same thing. Took me away from those “friends” and grounded me for an entire SUMMER! Straightened me right up.