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* The only ''really'' valid reason for [[Harry Potter|Harry's]] return to his ridiculously unfit guardians every summer was that pesky blood-protection bit [[Eccentric Mentor|Dumbledore]] thought so much of. 'Twas for his own good, but only in the most basic-survival sort of way.
** Hermione also uttered some variance of this when Harry and Ron demanded to know she [[Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|turned the Firebolt over to McGonagall for stripping]].
* In Twilight, a rather large portion of Edward's actions are for what he considers Bella's own good, whether or not she
== Music ==
* An indirect version in the song ''Sooner or Later'': "We only want what's best for you, that's why we tell you what to do."
* [[KMFDM|MDFMK]] song "[http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/m/mdfmk9160/control307983.html Control]" mentions this among the rest of [[
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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* [[wikipedia:Alice Miller (psychologist)|Dr. Alice Miller]]'s book on cruelty in the name of discipline is called ''At the Beginning of Education'' in the original German, but is known as ''[http://www.nospank.net/fyog.htm For Your Own Good]'' in its English translation.
* For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women, by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English, talks about American medical, psychological, and childbearing "help" and advice that did great harm to women although the experts insisted it was meant for their own good. (Such as clitoredectomy, to name just one unfortunate idea.)
* "Chief, don't you be my benefactor" was an old adage in Soviet prisons. Lev
* As is already mentioned here about [[But I'm a Cheerleader]], many parents take their homo/bi/pansexual and/or transgender children to "straight camps" or other places (such as private clinics or hospitals) to cure them of their "homosexual feelings" for this reason.
* Parents of deaf children will often have them fitted with cochlear implants at a very young age, a practice that is controversial among the Deaf community for multiple reasons.
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