Hi
Your parents don't know that the situation has changed. You can study and get good grades and yet not to get a good, steady job. Job market is volatile nowadays. Sectors that are important and more relevant are changing, as well. The other day somebody told my nephew (who did not finish college) that today grades and certificates are not that important anymore but skills and results you can show you have achieved. And personality traits. Beyond that, entrepreneurships will be more and more important because people with money do not want to pay for social security or health insurance. They don't want to have you as their employee they just want to hire your services. To me, this is awful but it is what is happening, so...
Languages are good for you, traveling is good for you, enriching yourself and getting soft skills is good for you.
And beyond if you are employable or not, there is life to live.
A president from Uruguay once said: "The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live"
Poverty is sometimes relative and subjective.
I wish you the best and good luck with everything