Programmer (among other things) here, and I have seen exactly this attitude among a not-so-small minority of those around me.

Sometimes I get the feeling (when often confronted with the whole 'everyone should earn to code' idea) that there is some articulated and unconscious ideological drive that dictates that we have finally invented a language can completely control all alternative, that is, that we're looking for a real version of the ancient memetic constructs from Stephenson's Snow Crash and that somehow the logic and linear bias of computer code makes it impossible for some so-called postmodern programmer to emerge, or something. [I also think about this when I hear computer majors complain that programming language classes should be count in place of foreign language ones.]

If they’re having a hard time making money I would think lesser of their parents who should have known better.

Abdicating responsibility for your child’s education is not noble.

First, there's more to life than making money. I want my kids to have a good life, but I define that as more than just making lots of money. Good money at a job they hate isn't what I want for them.

Second, software is not the one true path to making money.

> Abdicating responsibility for your child’s education is not noble.

Fortunately, I suspect that few parents will abdicate their responsibility by listening to your advice.