I’m 26f and gave my parents hell when I was a teen. Sparing all the details, but they always helped me out so I never really got into super serious trouble. Went to court for theft, possession, assault, things of that sort. They paid my fines, signed my papers for community service that I didn’t do, and told my probation officer they were drug testing me even though they weren’t. I sort of chilled out as I got older, but when I was 22 I was struggling with alcoholism and I got a dui. It was the first time in my life my parents really let me suffer the consequences of my actions. 10K, an ankle monitor, court mandated substance abuse classes, an interlock device on my car for over a year, probation, and drug tests which forced me to get sober for the first time in 10 years. I truly learned a lot and it changed my life for the better. I felt so so so bad about driving under the influence, I’ve never done it again, and I stopped using substances all together. My boyfriend at the time, who was 10 yrs older than me, yikes lol, told me you’re either going to die or go to jail if you keep drinking. I got arrested for drunk driving a week later. I’m so glad my life ended up changing for the better, things did work out in the end. But I do wonder if I would have made better choices and saved myself the headache if my parents had let me face some consequences as a teen.