I agree with this statement for many reasons. Your parents should be loving and caring and just because what they do seems unfair when really it's not. I believe that when a child says " I hate you" or Get out of my life" the child is not thinking about their mother or father's feelings and are just acting selfishly. Children's parents are not trying to hurt them the want to protect then with all their strength. " Don't you dare by god don't you dare go" on page 5 this is what Jonathan Father said. Though Jonathan kept running and pretended not to even hear his Father's ominous words. Now Jonathan is paying the consequences. I wonder if Jonathan ever thought of what running away did to his parents. So next time if your parents say "no" to something think about if they really are being unfair or are they trying to protect you?