I definitely have noticed this in House's reactions to parents who have been neglectful or abusive. He really cares about kids, even though he often pretends not to.

And his funeral speech in Birthmarks articulates his opinion of his father's misuse of authority very well. (Of course House also uses his own authority as an employer and doctor to coerce people into doing what he thinks is best for them, which I am able to believe is all his father was doing, at least consciously.)