Children/parents

Rhetorical question: Do parents fundamentally supersede their children forever? Can they overrule/veto them? Can they "boss" them regardless of the children's age? The answer to all three, is as long as the children are dependent on them, ABSOLUTELY. By dependent, I mean, IF and as long as the children happen to live at home with them (the residence legally owned by the parents), that counts as dependent on them. If and as long as, the parents are the ones paying the bills, that counts as dependent on them. And the children's age alone is irrelevant. It alone has no effect on this. It alone will not make them independent of this. As long as this is the case, their power supersedes the children's. Unless/until the child (both) actually does move out AND support themselves with their OWN money, they (parents) can do that. Only when one both moves out and supports himself/herself does their parents' power over them end completely. Only then is one truly on their own to call their own shots. Simply being 18 or above merely means that one now legally has the option of moving out if one wants. The age by itself does not make one free/independent of their parents' power. Only if/when one actually does move out and live on a means other than their money.