And I agree with you.Even Mothers are sometimes hard on their children to help them grow and learn when, most of the time, they are kind and passionate. Things aren't so black-and-white when it comes to pushing people and supporting people to grow.
The episode ends so abruptly that this isn't really conveyed though.
EDIT: In fact, just watching the episode, I hate Janeway's attitude towards to Harren's statement that space exploration isn't his desire, and Janeway rolls her eyes repeatedly at this attitude. Because yeah, how dare someone have a different opinion to you.
The other two characters are pretty useless, but I really feel Harren gets the real short end of the stick in this episode.