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Some parents do not accept their adult children's romantic relationships, jobs, sleep habits, or ways of using the internet, so they pay private organizations to take them away.
These organizations often say they are helping children overcome “internet addiction” or bad habits, but the people taken away may not actually have an internet addiction.
Their phones may be taken away, their movements and contact with others restricted, and they must live according to a strict schedule.
Some are even required to end their romantic relationships and can leave only if they obey their parents.
These children are already adults, and parents generally have no right to decide where they live, whom they associate with, or what jobs they do.
Confining an adult without their consent may also violate their personal freedom.
However, because these arrangements are made by family members, outsiders sometimes see them only as family conflicts, and related complaints are not easy to resolve.
Caring about one's children does not mean having the right to control them.
Even if parents believe they are protecting their children, they should respect adults' choices and freedom.