[deluz35]

Interesting. The aspect of "disapproval" I think comes down to an interpretation of Risk in life. Most people are relatively "risk-averse" to the point of being irrational.

For these people, it is "wrong" to assume "unnecessary" risks (such as playing poker for a living). Especially when it comes to their children, they will be uncomfortable accepting that other paths may be more appropriate given their child's psychology.

I would refer them to study "Prospect Theory," but even then the parent may refuse to be rational when presented with statistical evidence by a winning poker player. Indeed, they may be like the academic economists who believe in "Random Walk" theory, even as George Soros and William Buffet make billions of dollars in the market. To them it will always be "luck." And there is really no way to convince someone who is determined to hold an irrational perspective. But at least you can introduce statistical probability to their world view.