You are so SPOT ON!!!!!
I don't know the situation in other countries, but in India, parents have a large say in in the career choices our children make. It is a rare parent who does NOT steer a child into 'safe' professions like engineering, medicine, law or accountancy. To allow a child to choose his own destiny purely based on his/her 'dream' is not a risk many will take. You will not hear of parent 'forcing' a child to take up aviation but you will hear of a child being forced into engineering when he/she would rather study sociology or literature or something.
So those of our kids who have read Biggles, Nevil Shute, Richard Bach AND been allowed to be inspired AND allowed to pursue the dreams thus engendered, are they just plain lucky or do they just have foolish parents?
A lot of AND conditions here!!!