It sounds like you deal with some extreme circumstances! I wonder how common this sort of reaction is to disagreements between parents and kids. Growing up, all

It sounds like you deal with some extreme circumstances! I wonder how common this sort of reaction is to disagreements between parents and kids. Growing up, all of my friends had parents who didn't let them to various things, including some who weren't allowed to have video games. But none of them (or any of my college or adult friends, so far as I knew) ever considered cutting off all contact with their parents, or even got all that upset about any of their parents rules (some did break rules from time to time). I appreciate your sharing these stories, but I wonder if your perspective on likely outcomes is skewed by virtue of your chosen (and very noble) volunteer work. But regardless, thanks for sharing. I will be sure to not let things go off the rails in the way that you describe.