re: Hear, hear!
The parents are part of it, but a lot of it is society in general. In my high school days, a delinquent was somebody who brought cigarettes to school and skipped classes. If some kid had slugged a teacher, the whole town would have come down on the kid like an avalanche. If the teacher had kicked his ass (I did have some male teachers in high school), the town would have thrown the teacher a party.
Does anybody even remember what "expelled" means today? When was the last time you ever heard the term?
Our culture automatically sides with the thugs in almost every venue. Why is that?