Despite notable progress in access to higher education in Quebec, there are still limitations for certain social groups. Research among 96 college students provided an opportunity to further understand their views on the relationship with school as well as the academic career of their parents’. Results showed five types of ties upheld by the students’ parents in regard to school (indifferent, utilitarian, lucid, protective and authoritarian), whether these variables present themselves alone or intertwined with each other. Also, most students take a positive regard on the academic career of their parents, which is fairly divided according to the educational attainment of thus of their parents’ and marked by a form of compassion and comprehension. The discussion addresses the persistence of the influence of the family environment on the educational path of young people in CEGEP.