Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.”

"Ah, the romantic soul!”
said my parents skeptically,
worried that my business would fail,
that I was behind the times.

Based on this stanza, how do the speaker’s parents feel about her decision to pursue book publishing?

They wish the speaker did not have such an active imagination.
They want the speaker to build a large and successful company.
They want the speaker to help her family through her work.
They wish the speaker would choose a more reliable profession.

They wish the speaker would choose a more reliable profession.

Based on this stanza, the speaker's parents wish that the speaker would choose a more reliable profession.

Based on the stanza from "Binding Memories," it is clear that the speaker's parents have reservations about her decision to pursue book publishing. The line, "worried that my business would fail, that I was behind the times," suggests that the parents see the speaker's choice as risky and potentially unsuccessful. Therefore, the correct option is: They wish the speaker would choose a more reliable profession.