“If you marry her, I’ll not give you the time of day,” says multimillionaire Oliver Barrett III, seeking to control his son’s life.

Replies his son, Oliver Barrett IV, who is finally showing up for himself, “Father, you don’t know the time of day!”

What is it about us that thinks we have a right to control the lives of others? Why do we expect them to meet our definition of what success means for their life?