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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are immigrants of South Asian origin and most of my friends don't give kid option to go into lower paying fields and I feel like they came out ahead in long term even if there was friction for some years. We let our kids decide what they wanted and just supported that. [/quote]

How did they "come out ahead"?   Their kids might be miserable in a job in a STEM/higher paying area.  I prefer to let my kids select their life and career path.  
However, it comes with discussions about what you might do with a certain major, or how it might be easier to land a job with a MechE degree versus an English degree---that the English major might have to work a bit harder to find what they want to do, and that initially they might not get paid as much (first 3-5 years+).  But if my kid wanted to major in English they could.  [/quote]

I don't know - my parents talked me out of going into journalism, and it was probably for the best.  I wouldn't be able to afford my lifestyle if I didn't choose a higher-paying field, and I like my lifestyle. [/quote]

As long as you are happy that is what matters.  But yes, sounds like they talked you out of it and into something else you enjoy that pays more/is an easier path, most likely they knew you wanted a "higher cost lifestyle".

Glad you don't blame your parents.  But I cannot imagine forcing my kid to choose a higher paying one.  
And I grew up poor.  My parents agreed to pay for 5 years of undergrad so I could get 2 degrees.  One in CS/Engineering and one in music performance.  They told me it was my choice what I did after college, but I was on my own financially.  I preferred not to be poor so chose the CS and did the music as a hobby (But I attended school with several people who play in major symponies now and I was just as good as them in school, often beating most of them each quarter for top spot in the orchestra).  I'm happy with my choices, as I prefer not struggle with money.  But I also loved my STEM major and wasn't pushed into it.  I was just genuinely good at both fields and loved them both.  So it's easy to pick the one that gives more stability and better lifestyle.

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If your parents paid for your undergrad (and 5 years at that), you did not grow up poor.  Unless you mean you grew up poor until right before college when your parents came into a bunch of money and paid for your college.  Real poor people don't have any expendable income to pay anything for their kids' college.[/quote]

My parents Helped pay for my 5 years.  I did grow up poor.  I received a lot of financial aid and merit, and I had to pay for 50% of my education and had $13K of student loans (the max allowed 30+ years ago for 5 years) and another $3K from a relative to get me thru the final year.  My one parent worked a 2nd job for 5+ year to have the money to help pay their half of college for me and a sibling.    So I grew up poor but with parents who lived as cheaply as possible (think gardened, raised chickens, and literally did all the repairs on the house themselves except HVAC work---I have helped reroof a house [/quote]

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