In law, the age of majority is the age at which a person can assume legal responsibility for themselves and be granted the rights of an adult, such as the right to marry, have children, vote in elections, and possess a driving license.

Most countries in the world set the age of majority at 18, while others set it at 15, 16, 17, and some even go up to 19, 20, and 21 years.

In reality, in our Arab societies, guardianship is not only tied to legal and financial responsibility but also has no specific age at which it ends. Sometimes, we think it is an eternal guardianship.

Children remain under family care from birth until they leave the family home. This can happen in various ways, either as a natural transition, or through conflict and estrangement, either due to disobedience or claims of rebellion.

Families plan their children's life paths, from choosing their field of study to simpler choices like which sport to practice in the summer. This extends to choosing a life partner. Most children do not have much say in shaping their own future, and they grow up in safe zones away from adventure, experience, success, and pain. This can lead to feelings that are much worse and potentially damaging in the future.

We face an Arab culture that closely resembles Muawiyah's hair, which differentiates between accusing children of disobedience and deliberately attaching it to their acceptance of their parents' choices under the pretext of religion and adherence to the satisfaction of the mother or father. These are rights that every person who exists on Earth has, to determine their destiny, make their choices, and bear their consequences.

The primary suspect in this dilemma is often the mothers and their sickening fear mixed with love, which can sometimes be fatal. We see mothers contributing to the destruction of their children's lives, raising them to be dependent, lacking a culture of continuous learning, not taking on challenges, and avoiding life's struggles instead of facing them, which can sometimes be a cure.

We find children who are not responsible and do not realize the extent of the struggle they will face in society to carve out a place for themselves. In most families, young people do not enter the job market until after university, that is, after 21 years of living under the banner of "not being humiliated." There is no urgency for them to learn, realize, and assume responsibility, which, when forced upon them by life, makes them too old to undergo the experiences that refine their personality and shape it for the better.

The girl does not bear any responsibility and is at the bottom of the family's work list under the pretext of waiting for her future husband, only to later face a terrifying box of family responsibilities. Examples of such stories are well-known to all of us in our Eastern societies.

A dramatic example of what we are saying was presented in the series "Al-Asly," which aired just before the month of Ramadan. The elder sister, who took on the role of the father after his death, followed the same controlling behavior in managing her sisters' lives to the extent that she orchestrated schemes to manipulate their lives as if they were lab rats in a cage. They were forced to accept their imprisonment and not think of escape as civil disobedience. All the heroes did not choose what they were in, under the pretext of preservation and fear for them and their family's material and moral history.

The terrifying aspect of the series, despite the brilliant performance by everyone, including the beautiful Reham Abdel Ghafour, is the insistence on the idea of good intentions and ignoring the disasters that occurred under the pretext of love, and showing the insightful vision of the party clinging to its guardianship despite the ugliness of the method and approach.

The famous Chinese proverb says, "Don't give me a fish; teach me how to fish." The safe, faster, and simpler zone is to give you the fish, while the rugged area full of mistakes and experience is to teach me so I can draw my own path and walk it without crutches. The first one is easier but has a shorter life, and you cannot find yourself in it. The second one is harder, but at its end lies wisdom and the formation of each of our self-identities.

Let your children go, for life was not created for leisure, and no matter how harsh the path, God's signs are the best guide. Let them undergo their personal experiences and create their personal canvases, and rest a little, for what you have endured with them is not easy. At some point, you should only support their choices.

No matter how many unclear scribbles you see at the beginning, in the end, the signature under each painting will be each of them individually. Do not deprive them of their intellectual rights.