I commend you for your honesty and your willingness to. Accept part of the responsibility. But as a prison therapist I saw many loving parents who had done all the "right" stuff who still ended up with felons for sons. I fear that at his age and committing armed robbery where someone could have died he may be deaf to wake-up calls. I wish for you the best.

hopefully lesson learned

I don't feel this is your fault on any level. Parents can only do so much to teach their kids. You can teach them right from wrong all you want and the consequences of their actions til you're blue in the face but in the end if they want to try and rob a couple they're gonna do it no matter what you said to them. It kinda pisses me off when people blame the parents every time. Yes sometimes it shitty parenting but not EVERY time.

I hope you don't beat yourself up too much for this. As a few others have said you can only do so much. I myself am about the age of your son. I grew up in a loving home. My oldest two brothers both went down bad paths almost exactly the same as your son (theft, robbery, con artists, etc). Me and my other brother (I'm youngest of four) while we weren't angels, didn't turn out bad. only my oldest brother hasn't cleaned up his act. And it has more to do with who he calls friends. As a parent you can only do so much. Your children will eventually have to learn from their own mistakes. It is always hard to watch though.

well someone had to whoop his ass!

I think the fact that his ass was handed to him by a pair of teens shows that he's incompetent as not only a thief, but an adult too.

YOLO!

listen honey... you as a parent can only do so much.. and then this thing called nature vs. nerture comes into play.. he knowa right from wrong and he knew what he was doing was dead wrong... at some point tough love has to take over and they have to learn that mommie and daddy arent gonna bail them out anymore... so maybe this will be his wake up and smell the coffee moment that you cant take stuff that doesnt belong to you.. if you want something do like the rest of us get a job... good luck

don't blame yourself op I'm 20 and just got done doing a year in prison and that's not counting all the jail time and I tell you what I had the best parents growing up I didn't come from a broken home I wasn't abused it was mostly because of the people I was hanging out with and alcohol but prison deff taught me

Next time, I'd advise stealing from a couple with less energy, perhaps, the elderly?