School of Hard Knocks

My now 18-year old son, got a lesson in the School of hard knocks today. I got a collect call from him at the police station while at the beach for Senior Week. Yup, you guessed it, he got arrested for underage drinking. I feel so bad for this child, but he is learning this lesson the hard way. As a parent you want to help, but because of his age, I can do nothing, this lesson he must learn on his own. After being up all night with constant collect calls from him, I'm exhausted and really need a day off. The funny thing is, I have been anticipating something was going to happen for a week now. Since this has happened the stress of worry is now over and exhuastion is settinig in. I can only hope that this lesson is learned and he will finally straighten himself out. I'm heart broken but can't wait to see him so I can give him a hug and let him know that he will be fine, but needs to start behaving like an adult.