Most parents want their children to have a better education and successful life. In the first passage, Learn A Trade by John Updike, the author showed how parents try to influence their children and how the children turned out to be. John Updike showed how Fegley’s family members can be supportive and not supportive of his career choice. “ His mother had sponsored his ‘creativity’ indulged it, Fegley’s father thought his son was wasting his life on hopeless ambitions.” Fegley’s mom support his Art unlike his father who wants Fegley to have realistic expectations about his life. It shows that everyone has their own expectations and how concerned parents are about their child’s future. Some parents have faith that their child will be what they