btaliat
VIP Contributor
It is very common especially in Africa. The major reason is that the parents always believe that the children may be too young or naive to make a wise decision. And just like you concluded, it is analogue way of thinking. But I have seen another argument here saying that parents need to be third party to be like an advisory body.We've been on this kind of scenario long time ago and we are still experiencing same saga now. Parents mostly influence their children's career choice for them. Decide for them what to be for life, even when it isn't their wards choice. Bit this days it is on the decrease they don't influence much around their children again, some give their children free will to choose what to be for life, while others still operate on same analogue system of decision making.