i think it's less 'parents being authoritarian' and more that much of the world view children as inherently subhuman property that expected to develop amnesia about their treatment once aging into an arbitrary age of majority
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This dude sums up a lot of the estrangement fights I’ve seen. Parents unable to allow themselves not to be the central figure and ultimate dictator of what “should happen”