Wow, I have a friend who has controlling parents, let me simply say that she grew up resenting her culture (she is from China) and parents. She eventually moved away from their two/three years ago to get away from it all. Now, she struggles with anxiety, depression and constant struggles with her path: she is worried that if she does not make it here in the United Kingdom, she may have to go back there. This (I am not a parent myself, but if I am one day, this is not how I would do things), is not how you nourish a child. A job of a parent is to encourage and give the child the life to flourish and to stand on their own two feet. This, on the other hand, is simply plugging a control pad into your child and guiding them wrongly as if they are character in a computure game!