I think if that's what you want, it's important to go for it. I get parents who want the best for you and all of that, and not wanting to let them down, but at some point, you need to figure things out for YOU.
Mine wanted me TO be a lawyer and I resisted, even through doing law school, but I DID find plenty to do with the JD AND I got to avoid sitting the bar. That's always a thing too. There're more careers than you'd think if the whole courtroom thing or research thing is as much not you as it is not me. And if it IS you, that's kind of awesome because good ones are hard to find.