Mine are. And they would also try to ruin $#%^ for me too. Like I had lots of friends when I was young and my mom would try and ruin my friendships, right, like say $#%^ about me that's not true, etc, etc. I don't have many friends right now but something is wrong with me - it's not because of my mom interfering.
And whenever she saw me tanning or upgrading my looks she would say $#%^ to try and bring me down or interfere with whatever I was doing. And she would interfere in my fun too, like if she saw that I was getting too much attention she would interfere if she could.
I always feel like I'm in competition with my parents. My dad praises academic success and intellectual prowess, but then sometimes degrades academic achievement or intellectual pursuits and calls me an overachiever disparagingly. He's jealous right? The really funny thing is, when I complement him on his high general intelligence he lights up like a Christmas tree and it's like he just won the lottery or something.