Re: harsh parents
shay9164,
the father has his own demons to fight.
and he is being ignorant about his obligation to be kind to his daughter and wife.
because when he is angry with the daughter, obviously the mother is not enjoying that. but it makes her feel bad.
this father is making his daughter distanced from him.
he has no idea that he is doing so and when his time will come, he will be only lucky if the daughter will be kind to him.
although most daughters are kind to their parents regardless.
the age of rebellion is perhaps teenage. but also early 20s.
sometimes this pressure can cost the life of the young one as such children like to do something drastic like hurt themselves to get parents' attention.
what you can do, is perhaps speak with her mom, and bring your mom along, if you think you can, to discuss this and hopefully your friend's mom will feel stronger and can influence her husband's negative and repulsive attitude towards his daughter.
best,
Dushwari