I know a lot of few very pushy parents who micro manage their children's diets, friends, education (tutors) and have no real free time due to various lessons be it swimming, martial arts, music, tennis etc. I had a friend whos daughter does so much homework and additional classes (she is now in a top public school aged 5 ) she looks permanently exhausted and spaced out. At her birthday party she just stood there and didnt really interact with the other kids. Even her party was organised with supervised crafts and was really boring and stiff.
Personally I feel that these parents have issues that they havent dealt with in their own lives of of not being 'successful' or feeling in control. Two of the women look like they have eating disorders and I fear their daughters will end up the same with eating disorders, social problems and real mental health issues.
Sounds OTT but I think its detrimental to children to push them so hard and not let them get bored and become creative and social and depend on themselves. I work in the 'creative' industry and have seen many Oxbridge CVs and tossed them aside for more interesting ones where people have visibly had a life and done something a bit different, been challenged and not taken the usual path/s. Lots of Oxbridge people I have met (including my father) are incredibly stiff and not great socially due to the reasons I have mentioned. You have to strike a balance and relax and not put your anxieties on to your children. I know one mother who stands at the side of the martial arts lesson my son attends screaming for him to do better, its very pitiful and he seems very angry and unhappy, he is carted off to activity after activity and I feel sorry for him. I guess it's middle class abuse!