No one advises their children to follow in their own footsteps.

 A doctor's job is very tough. The doctor has to go for split second decisions. Life is at stake here. He has no room for complacency.

But from experiece I can honestly state that all jobs are tough. Take for instance a teacher. For that matter a KG teacher.  The teacher is responsible for formulating and modulating a child. The call becomes tougher as the child grows up.

Not to forget the role of the mother. 

I believe it is the toughest assignment in the whole world. 

And if the mother is employed, I don't know how to describe what she undergoes.

The role of a banker, I leave it to the bankers  to harp on.

An Engineer builds. A priest works for the soul.

We are all cogs in the wheel. With all the cogs in place, the wheel is wholesome. Some aberration somewhere the wheel collapses. Life withers.

Fact is, it is tough everywhere with the result no one advises their children to follow in their own footsteps.

But does anyone has the right to bar anyone's path? Is it correct if one tries to structure the children?

To me it's a firm no to both.

One has to evolve. 

A debatable issue.