Is that the same mum and dad that pays to put junior through university?
At least junior will have learned and demonstrated some abilities other than learning the answers to multiple-choice questions. Sadly, that's exactly what's happening these days and that's what makes the academic entry barrier into flying unacceptably low. I've seen my fair share of aspiring pilots who fall flat on their face in all ATPL exams requiring problem solving because they simply memorise the answers from their question bank and have no clue what to do if faced with a similar type of question but with different numbers in it. Someone with a degree will have been required to stretch their brain quite a bit more and will have hopefully learned some very important self-study, time management and teamwork skills in those 3 or 4 years.