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.
(..) like nobody's business. Just like his mother, come to think of it. Yeah, he's not my biggest fan either. If you're gonna cross paths or, Zeus forbid, swords with him... it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to have a thing or two to help you out. Collector's item, mint condition. (..)2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters