A clip from a campaign event for Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds recently went viral online and has created some interesting discourse regarding parental estrangement from young adults. During the event, an older woman in the audience became emotional, breaking down in tears while describing an estrangement from her adult daughter that had prevented…

Taking away a child’s ability to see their peers is a very common disciplinary response by oppressive parents, in order to punish their children. This often comes in ways such as cutting off outings, forbidding visits, canceling playdates. At first glance it’s simple, easy to enforce, and visible to adults. But from a youth rights…