Dear Queenie,
I have been taking courses at university that will lead to a career in a field that interests me very much and I think I will do well in it. However, my mother wants me to take different courses and study for another kind of career because she thinks it will pay better. She even stopped talking to me when I refused to follow her advice.
Queenie, should I do what my mother wants?—Unhappy son
Dear Son,
If you are old enough to be going to university and thinking about a life-time career, you are old enough to make your own choices. If your mother chooses to cut you off for doing so – for growing up! – so be it. And if you have trouble dealing with the emotional effects this situation has on you, get professional counselling.
