If you don’t want to do anything now, but the kid feels he has license now to act up and does the same thing or something similar ...
If it can be buffed out, talk to your insurer and see if they will pursue your deductible ($500?).
And Alabama may have a `parental liability’ statute. It may make the parents liable for actual damages and possibly trebles and your attorney fees. A lawyer might take a peanuts case like this if he thinks there’s a good possibility he will be paid/you will be reimbursed.
Sometimes the only way to get some peoples’ attention is through their wallets.
If they want to get really frisky, talk to the police. This may be `criminal mischief’ if the kid can be shown to have criminal intent, though what you described sounds like an accident.
I went through something similar. It didn’t stop until I dropped the hammer.
Will keep this in mind, thank you.