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We have a question from brother Mustafa from New Jersey

He emails that he has gotten a job at a particular company

Which is a further drive than where he currently as and his parents are not happy that he's going to be driving

the extra distance and

His parents have asked him to not change his job and now he is saying that he's having you know

Guilty conscience that is he obliged to listen to his parents when they're asking for something that he feels

This is a better move for his career. This job is a his job is a dead end job right now

And this one seems to be giving better opportunities better pay

But because there's a longer drive obviously the parental concern is there that you know another 20 minutes

Whatever it might be. I don't know how long it is

So he's asking basically the question and I'm choosing his question, but in reality

I have been bombarded with many questions of the same genre and that is to what extent is it obligatory to listen to one's parents

And that's really what we're going to be discussing in this particular question

Now this question is a very difficult one. It's a very awkward one and

The reality is that

This question does require much longer and detailed scenarios and there is no one right answer

There's no cookie cutter answer

You just take it and you then apply it rather

There's a lot of variables and the goal today is just to begin that dialogue and discussion and to make a start thinking a little bit more

deeply in this regard and I want to just begin by stating that

The answers I'm talking about today. We're talking about adult children independent, you know, young men and women

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