Balancing the expectations that our immigrant parents have for us and our own can be a challenging thing to navigate. You may find yourself withholding information or not feeling comfortable to fully express your passion to them. There’s no easy answer to this and sometimes the best way to start is to accept that you may end up disappointing your parents and that is not your fault. We cannot change or manage other people’s expectations of us. It’s also helpful to manage our own expectations of our parent’s possible reaction, so we don’t end up feeling disappointed.