As a parent, what should you do if your adult child chooses not to take a normal job after finally getting a diploma? Sure, the job market is tough for new grads, but your friends’ recent graduates are finding jobs. And your child has interviewed for a few jobs you thought would be great.

But what if your child tells you they honestly can’t imagine taking the kind of entry-level job you signed up for back when you graduated? What if you always told them to be practical, but they don’t want to be practical any longer? What should you do?

While researching how parents of entrepreneurs raise their children, I interviewed 70 thriving self-starters who took a different path from most college graduates. They represented a diverse group from a variety of career paths. All had decided not to be practical and instead set out to turn their passion into a career.