I’ve seen this and it’s disturbing. Traditionally, parents want their children to have a better life than they themselves have had. But at least some people these days (in my limited experience it’s 100% the mothers) feel great jealousy and are in constant competition with their daughters, constantly wishing to beat them and crush them and show that Mom is smarter and prettier and cooler than their child. It’s a staggering sort of mental illness.
Yes, it is.
It’s also destructive beyond measure.