Absolutely not. Your parents are not you - they have no idea of your true potential and aptitude. It's also none of their damn business. You are your own person and need to live as such. When parents are dead and gone we only have ourselves and our own resources - if you're still a student at 44 perhaps you need to look at a more solid line of work, no matter how lowly, so that you can have some financial independence and security. If you're living your lives through them you will end up with a lot of regrets...maybe not today but one day soon. Give yourself the best chance of that not happening. Good luck.