(and doing the same thing myself), I think it's any parent's role to support their child to be happy and healthy until he/she reaches adulthood (when they can then take care of themselves inshallah!).
While it was always clear to me that I was expected to go to university (everyone in my family had, even my grandparents), my parents never pushed me towards studying one subject or another, taking one job over another...
I'll do the same for my child. If they want to become a farmer, doctor, beautician, soldier, whatever....as long as it makes them happy, I will support their choice.
"I wish I could drink like a lady. I can take one or two at the most. Three and I'm under the table. Four and I'm under the host"
-- Dorothy Parker
(and doing the same thing myself), I think it's any parent's role to support their child to be happy and healthy until he/she reaches adulthood (when they can then take care of themselves inshallah!).
While it was always clear to me that I was expected to go to university (everyone in my family had, even my grandparents), my parents never pushed me towards studying one subject or another, taking one job over another...
I'll do the same for my child. If they want to become a farmer, doctor, beautician, soldier, whatever....as long as it makes them happy, I will support their choice.
"I wish I could drink like a lady. I can take one or two at the most. Three and I'm under the table. Four and I'm under the host"
-- Dorothy Parker