When Parents Who Gave Up On Their Dreams Project On You
Urging that you quit
Your parent may outright urge you to quit. She’s been down that road—that road of believing that big, great things could happen—and she had her heart broken. She comes from a can’t-do way of thinking. She doesn’t mean to question your ability, but she just thinks the road you are pursuing is very challenging, and she doesn’t want you to get hurt the way she did.