My son works for a major consulting firm that advises governments on development policy, and my husband and I are struggling with how much to challenge his enthusiasm for his job when we think his firm's advice often makes inequality worse. We disagree about whether we should share our concerns or stay supportive, and we haven't found a way to talk about how much our own guilt about our privileged lifestyle is affecting how we want to respond to his career choices.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parents are wrestling with when their moral concerns about their adult child's work should override their desire to be supportive, complicated by their own complicity in systems they critique.
“Where Are You with Development economics — why some countries are poor?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.