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StarTropes Since: May, 2014
2025-05-05 08:01:57

Same episode of what?

KD Since: May, 2009
2025-05-05 09:52:47

^ Based on the opening poster's edit history and some quick Google searching, I'm thinking Season 2, Episode 4 of The Good Doctor.

KD Since: May, 2009
2025-05-05 12:10:55

Now that I've had some hours to think about this, example #1 seems to fit as Helicopter Parents, since that includes specifically "They also don't trust their child to make their own decisions about their career, education, etc."

Example #2 seems to lack enough context to really say anything. You didn't say how old the child is or what the child wants — and if they're a (non-emancipated) minor, they likely have no legal standing to contest it. A child with a serious medical condition being sent to a place that deals specifically with that serious medical condition sounds downright reasonable.

eroock Since: Sep, 2012
2025-05-05 15:25:28

Expect the line "For Your Own Good" from the parents in #1.

StarTropes Since: May, 2014
2025-05-05 16:22:43

Never seen this show, and this question may not be entirely relevant to finding a trope, but I still gotta ask: Is that first scenario even legal if the patient is 18 and thus old enough to make her own decisions?

Someone1981 Since: Aug, 2022
2025-05-05 17:07:55

The parents went to a judge to argue that she is mentally incompetent. The judge ruled in the parents' favor. This would certainly not be easy; whether it reaches the level of Artistic License – Law in California (this series takes place in San Jose, California) is beyond my knowledge.

Edited by Someone1981
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