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There is. I'd say it actually goes right in most cases. Like, assuming you had a decent childhood, your parents had power over you and it went right. And went way better than it would have if no one had power over you. Of course one can also have shitty parents, but saying it always goes wrong is over the top. Imo instead we should discuss in what contexts who should have what amount of power over whom, keeping everything as liberal as possible, but also have systems of power in place where necessary.
Everyone that argues against anarchist positions immediately goes to the parent/child relationship. For sake of argument, let's ignore this one (out of millions) specific situation biologically imposed on us. Now does the statement seem to be more true?
Of course I don't expect you to agree if your not anarchist, I didn't post this (or event this rebuttal really) to change your mind, I posted it to plant seeds and make people wonder.
To add, many anarchists specifically criticize the parent / child hierarchy as one that is also deserving of deconstruction. See for example all the posts on https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/topic/youth-liberation.
Children should not be subordinate to adults.