<prompt> Human: So as the title states, I have an account linked to my parents opened from when I was younger that the parent can see the balance of and transfer money tofrom. My issue lately has been that my parent has been taking a decent portion of money from my account to cover their expenses instead of cutting their own things down. This is worrisome for me because I recently got a funded research position at University so I will be getting stipends periodically deposited into my account. Im trying to save to get a car for when I graduate since Ive never had one, but the parent keeps snagging from my account halting my savings without returning it.I opened another checking account linked to my account which the parent shouldnt be able to see, and Ive transferred some money over there as a start. However, Im concerned if the parent sees me transferring to another account theyre unaware of it will bring up some unnecessary drama that I try to avoid. So, tl;dr can this parent see where my money goes in the account they can transfer tofrom? I know I can do direct deposit into my new account but this wont go into effect immediately as Ive very recently just opened it and processing time from the school takes awhile I believe.  <response>: If youre 18, close the joint account with your parents and just use your own account that doesnt have their name attached to it. If they have access to the first account then theyll be able to see transfers made from it. 