The experts that have told us that we cannot discipline our kids and we have to let them do what they want because if we don't let them, then it will cause emotional distress and they won't feel good about themselves later in life.
Exactly. My wife is a Special Ed teacher in junior high. She was just written up for doing what you just described. What did she do? She dared to tell a student that there could be real consequences for his behavior and that he could end up in Juvi if the school decided to press charges for destruction of public property.
Thanks to her administration, he could be the next douche to do something like throw rocks at cars... After all, he was allowed to break school property with no consequences other than getting the TEACHER in trouble](*,)