Coming from the other extreme where I had very little control of my life I'm not sure strict parents yelling at you a lot is a better motivator. If anything I'

Coming from the other extreme where I had very little control of my life I'm not sure strict parents yelling at you a lot is a better motivator. If anything I'd get an emotional response to do the opposite even if rationally I knew I should be studying or preparing for something. Some autonomy to have your own life is preferred. It's with some irony that I largely have the job I do now because I ignored my mom and messed around with linux instead of constantly preparing for medschool. Though I did end up doing pre-med reqs in addition to CS anyway.