My parents were the same way. My dad once told me that his dad told him what to do, now he tells me what to do, and someday i can make my children do what i wanted to do, but no generation ever gets to do what they want for themselves. I told him, the buck stops here!

You have only one life. You need to be satisfied with the decisions you make. You need to take responsibility for the decisions you make.

My mother once told me, when i complained that she had held me back, that if there was something i really wanted to do, i would have done it, no matter what she said about it. So i would tell you, maybe someday your parents will say the same thing. They will abdicate their responsibility and put it all on you. So just take it on yourself now.