How about Actuary if OP is interested in math/statistics?
It seems the life style of such a job may be acceptable to OP’s parent.
According to PayScale:
As of Jul 2015, the avg. pay for an Actuary is $24.54/hr or $80965 annually.
I do not know how to get into this career path though. But I think you are required to pass some not so easy tests. (The more challenging the tests are, and the more “tight control” the participants in this career have on the job market, it is usually better in terms of job security. The trouble in the law career path is that it is the law school as a business has more controls over the creation of the jobs, than the lawyers themselves have the control of the supply-and-demand.)
Isn’t it true that premeds nowadays need to take more courses? (e.g., new topics like sociology/behavior science/psychology may be on MCAT now.)