For Your Own Good: Difference between revisions

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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 ~~agrees--though~~ she usually does. These actions include following her without her consent, breaking into her room every night to watch her, forcing her to flee Forks when James hunts her, leaving her in New Moon because she might be killed if she stays with him, stealing her car engine so she can't visit Jacob, etc. The list goes on, right to the end of the series.

* In Twilight, a rather large portion of Edward's actions are for what he considers Bella's own good, whether or not she agrees—though she usually does. These actions include following her without her consent, breaking into her room every night to watch her, forcing her to flee Forks when James hunts her, leaving her in New Moon because she might be killed if she stays with him, stealing her car engine so she can't visit Jacob, etc. The list goes on, right to the end of the series.

== 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 [[~~Dystopia|dystopian~~]] features.

* [[KMFDM|MDFMK]] song "[http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/m/mdfmk9160/control307983.html Control]" mentions this among the rest of [[dystopia]]n features.

== [[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 ~~Gumilev -- who~~ was there in Stalin's ~~era -- used~~ more than one opportunity to quote it in the context of politics in his history books.

* "Chief, don't you be my benefactor" was an old adage in Soviet prisons. Lev Gumilev—who was there in Stalin's era—used more than one opportunity to quote it in the context of politics in his history books.

* 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.