As-salamu alaykum - thoughts on that “GRWM how I got disowned by my parents” series?

As-salamu alaykum everyone, just wanted to start a chat about this topic because it feels like something we should be talking about. I recently watched a series by a girl named Mina who grew up in a Muslim family. She says her parents disowned her at 18 over her lifestyle choices - clothes, talking to guys, pictures she posted - and she was cut off financially and mostly out of contact for about four years. The last part of her series is about reconnecting after those four years. By then she’d been through real hardship, was pretty much homeless for a while before she found stability. Then her dad reaches out and in their meet-up basically says, “God spoke to me and I realised I shouldn’t have cut you off.” And I’m like… seriously? Now she’s doing well - has an apartment and a useful degree, and she’s successful with content creation. But this whole thing stuck with me because it reminds me of situations we see in our communities. Her choices don’t match mine - I’m a somewhat practising Muslim - but that doesn’t make getting disowned okay. I know someone who ran away for similar reasons and later reconnected with their family, and the parents softened. Not every girl runs away, but many face very harsh treatment over their lifestyle. Often the dad eventually realises he went too far. Even if the lifestyle clashes with Islamic values, cutting off your child feels more against our teachings - maintaining family ties is emphasised so strongly. It also shows how parents sometimes justify anger as “for their child’s good,” when anger itself isn’t the ideal way to act. Choosing to have kids includes the possibility they won’t follow exactly what you hoped. Older generations didn’t always talk about this, but maybe we should now - about what responsibilities parents have if their child makes different choices. One important point Mina made: at the start of college she says she kind of threw herself into all the haram things she’d been deprived of, but she quickly found that party/boy-crazy life was actually boring and not for her. She kept dressing how she wanted and seeing guys, but that shift matters. Treating young people harshly can cause religious trauma and push them away from Islam, especially when they’re not fully distant yet. Would love to hear your thoughts or experiences - anyone else seen similar situations in their community?