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This reminds me of my mom, who always told me that if I did something stupid enough to get put in jail for (like, oops, not paying my speeding ticket on time) she wouldn't bail me out. Although she did make sure I knew the name and number of their lawyer.

Thank goodness I haven't had to use it...yet.

When our youngest son, who is now mid thirty something was a teenager, he ran with a pack of liberals and left wingers.

There was some protest scheduled to happen in San Francisco. His friends, sons and daughters of very well off lefties were going to SF to protest and get arrested. He announced that he planned to join them, the night before. That if we got a call from the police, we should drive to San Francisco to bail him out.

Without a pause, I said that I would not be posting bond to bail his butt out. His mother who normally was tender with him, the youngest child. Said that if he did that, she would sell everything he owned and buy new furniture for the family room as he would not be moving back in. After he served his jail sentence.

His oldest brother said, "Great, then my best friend can move into your old bedroom. He would pay room and board to live here!"

Reality hit our youngest one very hard that night. Now he jokes and laughs about it. One of his friend's parents grew up that night and refused to bail out their son/his friend when he was arrested the next. He spent about 5 days in jail. Most of his other friends who were arrested are still trapped in some reality break with their parents.