When I was in university one of our dorm mates went home at thanksgiving only to find his parents had moved with no forwarding address. He tracked them down an

When I was in university one of our dorm mates went home at thanksgiving only to find his parents had moved with no forwarding address. He tracked them down and his parents basically said "you're 18 now, leave us alone". He was traumatized. I said "Why doesn't he just tell them to fuck off" and one of my other dorm mates said "Parents who raise their kids to have the guts to tell them to fuck off also don't fuck them over". That has stuck with me ever since. So, it's too late?