True perhaps. But, nevertheless, I hope I would do the same thing this father did if I were in his shoes.
A lot of baby boomers raised themselve as latchkey kids and made it through life. Some kids saw their parents for only a few hours a day. Some kids didn't make it past early adulthood. Most I know that died did so from mixing booze and cars. I don't think every aggrieved parent has the right to smash up a package store. Bath salts, that's another story. there is no redeeming benefit of injesting salts. Certainly not comparable to having wine with dinner.
Me, I find that as mine grow up they get harder to control. I kinda think it's 'cause they're people in an unpredictable world.
Evidently, your kids turned out real well though. Maybe you'd like to share your secrets with the rest of the class.
Just say'n.