&gt; As far as the article&#x27;s text reveals, it says his parents were responsive and not pushy: &quot;Rungta is grateful to his parents and to MIT for being responsive to his needs every step of the way.&quot;<p>Sure, he will never say bad things about his parents, especially not in the media. He&#x27;s from India! As I see it parents (in general) can bend things so that children do not want anything else than what their parents want. This is not to blame the parents - they probably don&#x27;t know better.<p>From this story I can&#x27;t tell what is the case. His parents are maybe the best ever, that not only want best for their kid, but actually let him find out what that is.