When you are praying, you are praying for allah. You do neeyat before you start praying. That is enough. It does not matter who encouraged you to pray.
maybe u do
but there are so many people out there who pray because they just HAVE to... they dont understand the reasoning behind it... its just something they HAVE to do... like some girls HAVE to wear the hijab as its their culture or family tradition....
things arent black and white... there are greys and brows and purples everywhere... u simply cannot say its either this or that