Childhood = Carefree?

I read Isabella Chen’s post on how childhood sucks, that childhood was a time of no freedom.

What is freedom?

Does freedom constitute having your own world and doing what you want? Does it mean being carefree? Does it mean being happy in what you are doing? Because, sure as hell, in my mid-20s, I have no freedom to do whatever the fuck I want. 

I am forced to do something that I hate, although I still have fragments of “freedom” in indulging in my passions, that is the arts. 

My parents, have always held the key to freedom. Their decision to make me study accounting was so that I’d be successful in life. Those who completed the path that was put ahead of me, now tries, to complete another path. What path? The work-hell-hard-and-knock-off-at-4am-everyday-path.

Did my parents ever took consideration of my happiness? My wellbeing? My .. future? More often than not, Asian parents seem to ‘shop’ for their kids future. It is like fitting a template into a kid. The best few.. accountants, doctors, engineers, dentists, lawyers… 

It angers me to think that my parents have manipulated my life to fit the description of a perfect job, according to  the warped society they belong to. What is wrong with being a photographer who earns an honest living? 

WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING IN A JOB WHERE I ACTUALLY ENJOY AND MAKE MONEY OUT OF?