Could you imagine if a kid paid hired goons to kidnap their parent, and hold them incommunicado for over a year? Could you imagine if this kid paid the captors to psychologically destroy this parent, and "rebuild" them a new one, more to their liking? Could you imagine if during this process irreversible psychological damage occurred? Could you imagine if the parent didn't go along with the process, they would be physically abused and put into isolation, or even shipped out of the country to a harsher prison? Could you imagine?
Wow, that would be intense. On the bright side, while the parents were away being totally taken care of (no phones calls from the kids asking for money!!!, predetermined schedule, a year off from the daily grind), the kid would learn to mature and fend for itself, have to get a job, pay the mortgage, learn how to clean and cook, mow the lawn, fix the roof, get by on a few hours sleep, get the siblings on the bus, dressed, by new clothes.
I dont think this would be a bad thing if the family would benefit. I think it is all personal perspective. Kids just hate it more because they dont like having boundaries, parents actually would thrive much better.