@LordBeerus south Asian parents do the same but they pull a whole xyz's parents don't even let him do abc-thing, be happy with what you get.
Terrible but it's even worse when you have a rebellious brat of a sibling who gets away with shit, and when they get caught you're apparently in some deep shit too...
She loved her so much, the author succeeded to retranscribe this "magic" of the first love, this magic that we absolutely do not find with Saeko. It is painful.