Every child, for the most part, growing up, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, social hierarchy, or where they are raised, are wished success, wealth, and health from their parental units. Only in the F-ed up situations, where the parents are really scummy people, do they not want the best for their offspring, or their adopts. But focusing primarily on the “good parents” or the parents who desire to see their children succeed, it is a unanimous trait to want a better life for their children versus the life that they had. This becomes possible through sacrifice, determination, and patience. With all of this being said, it is a responsibility for the child to achieve so much because of what their parents are giving up in order for them to accomplish the dreams they have for themselves and the dreams that the parents have for them.
Continuing the dream that a parent has for their dependent, aka us, can be a very difficult obstacle because sometimes our desires and dreams do not exactly match up to the desires, dreams and expectations that our parents have for us. Some examples of how a parent may be disappointed in their child is if they do not want to pursue a career path that the parents had desired for them, or if the child has a dream that would not necessarily bring prestige that the family is looking for. These examples are on the softer end of the spectrum, because some families have a different expectation of their children’s sexuality which makes the topic a magnitude more complicated. Unfortunately, I’ve heard from close friends that parents were on the verge of rejecting their children because they didn’t necessarily agree with their child’s sexual orientation. This specific scenario that parents and children have with one another has always raised questions to me because I have always had an understanding that a child is a parents most beloved possession. That being said, when a child confesses that a specific type of love makes her/him happy shouldn’t the parent be instinctively on board with it. This complete acceptance isn’t always the case because the parent typically feels that in order for the child to get further in life then they have the child needs to follow a specific sexual orientation to accomplish this. Some families claim that religion is the reason for their disapproval, but with my experience from my close friends it always tends to gravitate around the fact that success is the main driving force for the parents disapproval.
I hope that we may live in a society where there may be a balance between acceptance and potential opportunity for success. Which there is, but for a parent to feel the security of it may not be completely there yet. As time progresses and liberal ideologies become more socially acceptable, a change in trend will occur that will eradicate the stigma of an imbalance between success and orientation.
Unruly Bodies 
“…a child is a parents most beloved possession.”
I hate this. I hate this with a passion. Everything you wrote, really resonated with me…and I just cannot stand this very prevalent and supposedly innocuous perspective of parenthood. When you have a child, certainly…it is your responsibility to take care of that child, provide love, support, happiness, etc. But children are not possessions..they are not extensions of your flesh…they are not extensions of your being..they are not you. You. Do. Not. Own. Them. People are not property. To base the care, love, support. and happiness you provide based on the condition that this human being is your possession…I just think it’s a guaranteed way to lead to disappointment and pain and dysfunction.
The part where you state that it is the responsibility of the child to achieve so much because of what the parents have given up for them to be successful really hits home for me. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely appreciate everything that my parents have done and continue to do for me to be where I am today but I often find myself thinking if it weren’t for their ideas of what it is I should be doing with my time and effort would I be in this position now or am I just doing all of this so that I do not end up as a disappointment to them. Makes me wonder if I am, in a sense, blindly following their choices instead of making my own.
When it comes to sexual orientation, I don’t think it will be considered a norm until after our parents time. The reason to this maybe because they were all raised with different views than we were. That is what probably causes many parents to be iffy when it comes to sexual orientation. Most parents were raised with the views that the only relationship that exists is between a man and women. Especially in Eastern countries such as India and Pakistan. Identifying yourself as gay,trans,lesbian, etc is equivalent to committing suicide because many parents and family members in those countries would literally kill or disown their kids without any regret. But I hope these views will slowly start to change once we come into their shoes.