Re: Getting the point across to parents that now is not the time...
sara, you're right about parents wanting to raise their children like they were still back home. i think many parents forget to realise that when they move to a new country there children will face different situation then they did, and parents need to learn to respect their childrens wishes.
my dad was very understanding he wanted me to finish school get a job and be able to support myself before getting married, my mom on the other hand, the day i turned 17 was all over my about marriage. eventually my mom learned to let me do my thing.
now and i'm engaged to a guy i chose on my own terms [we'll get married after i'm done school].
in the end i think that both parents and kids need to respect each other