Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) Excuse me, Peter! Peter, what do you want to say to me? What's the one thing? I have to go to England for a year. It's important to me. I know, I know we're on different path right now. You know...I don't know. We were just going different ways. I gotta go. I gotta go. Gwen. Good luck. (..)2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(..) I know the first thing your Uncle Ben would say... Yea, I know too. "You gotta hurry up, the party's over." You gotta get a job." Alright, then the second thing he would say: "Don't just follow the path." Make your own trail." -"Ralph Waldo Emerson...? - No... What do you mean no? (..)2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2