It does not matter what the parents did or sacrifices they made. Children should pay forward and not backwards to parents. They chose to come to the US and need to adjust, their children do not need to compromise their lives because their parents made the country change and cling to the old.
This student definitely should NOT try to become an engineer and his parents need that reality check. Indians can make the adjustment- I know so many personally. The parents need to switch their thinking to the American way. They are recent immigrants who likely never had the choices we all have. Yes, this student is lucky to have parents who translated their skills into a US move and to have the money to afford college. The parents are also lucky their son shows initiative and does not just follow the path parents only know of.
OP- as in post #21. You need to get off probation. Speak with your advisor. Use logic with your parents.