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How to handle family expectations about career path

I'm the eldest son and everyone assumes I'll take over the family business but I hate it and want to be a teacher instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your personal calling conflicts with inherited role expectations, creating tension between self-actualization and family harmony.

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“Where Are You with Confucian role identity?”

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