Trophy Children The Sociology of Parental Sunk-Cost Fallacy — and the Crushing Guilt Nobody Discusses
— Dr. Akash Parihar | MD Psychiatry | Asha Wellness Sanctuary Hospital, Kota 📰 The Psychiatric Blueprint | Culture, Identity & Mental Health Series Begin With a Calculation He is nineteen years old. Second year. MBBS. He is sitting in my clinic because his college counselor referred him after he stopped attending practical sessions for three weeks. Not dramatically. Not in crisis. He simply stopped going. When I ask him why — he is quiet for a long time. Then he says, very carefully: "If I tell you why — can I ask you something first?" I say yes. "If I leave medicine — what exactly have my parents lost?" He is not asking rhetorically. He is calculating. He takes out his phone. He has a note in it. MBBS coaching fees — ₹4.8 lakh Five years Kota — ₹12 lakhs NEET drop year tuition — ₹2.2 lakhs Father's promoted transferred for better school district — lost seniority Mother quit part-time work to "focus on his preparation" Grandmother's...