Are questions that could be on topic, but asked without a parenting role, still on topic?

Question

I think the title is quite self-explanatory, but let's explain it a bit more.

I am hesitating asking a question here. The question itself (~20-year-old with a behavior I need help handling) would be on topic if I were a parent.
However, I am not directly related to that person, at least not in a way that would qualify as "parenting" (not father/son/guardian/keeper...).

Would such a question be on topic? Should I rephrase it as if I were in a parenting position and deal with the interpretation of the answer? Is it plain off topic?

Answer 1

Absolutely. If you look in the Related sidebar to the right, you will see we have a few meta posts on this already.

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