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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would they resent well intentioned parents if they were forced but outcomes are financially favorable? [/quote]

YES.

In my case, at least.  I majored in engineering because that was what dad deemed acceptable to pay for college.  Hated it. Hated it so much.  Got my degree, and immediately moved across the country to attempt to forge a life for myself not under parental control.   I worked an engineering job (that i also hated) just long enough afford to pay for grad school on my own and then completed a masters in teaching and now teach middle school.  I make peanuts comparatively (literally less than half my former salary) but am so much happier.  I go back to see my parents for a few days every year or two, that's it--I can't stomach being their longer and listening to them judge my choices that are different than theirs.

You cannot dictate an adult's life and expect to maintain a healthy relationship.

Provide guidance that life is easier when you can pay the bills, but it's okay if they want to be a poet in an old condo of a CEO in a glamorous mansion, so long as they are able to feed, house, and clothe themselves on their poet salary.[/quote]

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