That portion of the blog that you quoted is spot on. My mother was also very meticulous on who I was allowed to hang out with and even picked my friends for my sister and I. Her reasons were sometimes ridiculous... for example, I remember this one time when my mother tried to have me become friends with this other girl because "Caroline is so beautiful. Her blue eyes and her rosy cheeks are just perfect. She looks like a real life doll". Never mind the fact that although we weren't enemies we had completely different personalities. She became friends with her mother and would set up playdates hoping that I would eventually become good friends with her. It never happened. And by the way I was never complimented on my brown eyes and my rosy cheeks.

Conversely she hated the fact that I would hang out with this girl because "she had messy nappy red hair". Absolutely ridiculous! To become friends with someone just because of the way they look is I don't know... a bit "shallow".

Also that Katie Hopkins appears to be an insufferable *****. I've watched some of her political debates and she always struck me as right wing freak. I have never seen her in this light, that is "classist". In America most right wing talk usually comes from "working class agitators". Or at least by pundits, who adopt a working class persona and an uncouth manner of speech (see Trump and Bush) even though they have always lived privileged lives themselves. To include snide remarks about working class people would be political suicide.


Personally I find some naming trends to be a bit comical. For example, here in the States for some strange reason people decided to start naming
their children after surnames.

Eg:

Jackson- Boy's Name
Hunter- Boy's Name
Cooper- Boy's Name
Mackenzie- ( I take that this name comes from McKenzie but is spelled differently ) Girl's name.

I would never name my child any of these names but I respect parents who do and certainly would not look down upon anyone with names like these.

Well, they both have strong personalities and opposing lifestyles. I don't think my mom is very typical though. Mostly it's the dad whose controlling.
What's frustrating about the culture is that people's boundaries are very fluid, and it can have benefits if you are in need of help (even like strangers or people you barely know), but at the same time, you have to consciously push people away when they do cross your personal boundaries. My mom hates being defeated by my sister pushing back so she keeps reigniting battles. I don't think this is very typical. I've heard that moms generally just give up after a certain point.
For me, I'm so dependent on my family, more now than before, I often feel guilty for any kind of push back. Also, seeking a replacement for support never worked for me. And it's really hard to find anyone who even understands what mental illness is. And my vulnerabilities are so huge, I can't trust anyone with them (unless I never meet them irl, or they are biologically invested in me, i.e. my parents).