I will always believe the child who eventually goes no contact with their parents. It takes a lot to do it. No one cuts off their parents for no reason.
prologues, epilogues, footnotes, first person POV, third person POV, alternating POV, author's preferred playlist for the novel
all this is causing debates
everyone has likes and dislikes, and if it's not a personal preference that's fine, but it works for other people