lex,
i hope that things will yutrn out okie for ur fren.. even though it isvery difficult when problems occur between parents and child..
try and be there for ur fren and support him/her watever he/she wans to do lor... i guess tat is a blut the oni thing tat u can do right now...
p/s: i hope i did not make a wrong assumption... but sorry if i did... just in case!!