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.
(..) It is as the Lord Denethor predicted. - Long has he foreseen this doom. - Foreseen and done nothing. Faramir? This is not the first Half ling to have crossed your path. No. You've seen Frodo and Sam? - Where? When? - In Ithilien. Not two days ago. (..)2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(..) to sacrifice those closest to him... ...those he professes to love. Tell me, what words of comfort did you give the Half ling... ...before you sent him to his doom? The path that you have set him on can only lead to death. I've heard enough! Shoot him. Stick an arrow in his gob. No. (..)2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King