we always got "wait until your father gets home"!!!one of dads two full time jobs was a cop......and cops kids did not get in trouble in the 50's, 60's, and 70's.
but by the time dad got home mom had already calmed down, and we were all in bed.
the one time i was arrested in 73 i was taken out of work. i spent the night in jail because i was afraid to call home.
dad came walking through the cell block and saw me in a cell.... never said a word, just walked to the shift sergeants desk to ask what i did. the sergeant said oh crap, i forgot he was in there. we caught the guy that broke into the car that someone said your son did by the truck description, and the other guy admitted that it was him and that he also stole your sons truck to do it.
dad came and unlocked the cell and took me home. as we pulled into the yard he asked why i did not call, and i said cops kids do not get in trouble.
the next morning my truck was sitting in the yard. the sergeant had two midnight shift officers retrieve it from the impound yard and deliver it back home.